There is no piece of music that could relate to anything else but itself and its world. It is truly an independent.… — Rafael Vinoly Copy Share Image
All of a sudden it hit me - If there was such a thing as composing music, there could be such a… — Len Lye Copy Share Image
Let us dismiss, as irrelevant to the poem per se, the circumstance ... which, in the first place, gave rise to the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it. — Clara Schumann Copy Share Image
I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal… — John Francis Copy Share Image
I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they… — Jamie Weise Copy Share Image
When the Second World War broke out, I felt that everyone must do his share, and I began composing songs and marches… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
Around the time of the Terran Caesar Augustus, a Martian artist had been composing a work of art. It could have been… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to Mother Nature… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe. — Frederick Marryat Copy Share Image
Composing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical. — John Cage Copy Share Image
Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
And if Henry Higgins is not the most reprehensible character ever written for the stage, that's only because somewhere, somehow, someone is… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
I was 7 years old when I began composing. I began composing, improvising at the piano, the usual story. — Samuel Barber Copy Share Image
...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of… — Robben Ford Copy Share Image
