I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.
Lukas FossThat is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he or she stole, and from whom? With the artist it is not how much he or she took from whom, but what the artist did with it.
Lukas FossTo me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else would have thought of putting together.
Lukas FossGreat music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.
Lukas Foss