The guitar is the ultimate vehicle for expression and…

If we start with chimpanzees, they differ from us with the composition of the DNA by only just over one percent. So, as far…

— Jane Goodall

“Of all the things we could have said to the people of other planets, we chose to fire into space a capsule containing the…

— Meena Kandasamy

If you really want to be a good archaeologist, you have to understand ancient DNA; you have to understand chemical analysis to figure out…

— Sarah Parcak

A violin neck is much smaller than the guitar's, so it's much easier to play wide intervals on one violin string. On the guitar,…

— John Petrucci

Science does not enter a chaotic society to put order into it anymore, to simplify its composition, and to put an end to controversies.…

— Bruno Latour

Musical compositions, it should be remembered, do not inhabit certain countries, certain museums, like paintings and statues. The Mozart Quintet is not shut up…

— Henri Rabaud

The unary Photograph has every reason to be banal, 'unity' of composition being the first rule of vulgar (and notably, of academic) rhetoric: 'The…

— Roland Barthes

I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got…

— Damien Hirst

Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of…

— Mahatma Gandhi

When I start writing a new imaginary future, I have no idea what it is. The characters arrive first. They help me figure out…

— William Gibson

A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself.…

— Yo-Yo Ma

Writers and musicians know well the importance of extensive reading for successful writing or extensive listening for musical composition. Likewise, visual artists... understand that…

— Paul Laseau

At the risk of some oversimplification, if the skill composition of our work force meshed fully with the needs of our increasingly complex capital-stock,…

— Alan Greenspan

“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…

— Samuel Johnson

I put myself in the student's place and remember the frustrations, doubts, determination, and desires I felt when I was going through the initial…

— Ted Martinez