Composition Quote by Berenice Abbott

Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.

— Brian Eno

Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution,…

— Samuel Johnson

As a senior in high school my counselor recommended that I soften my science and math direction with an art course. Fortunately my high…

— Peter Menzel

......so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing.

— Edward Weston

Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture…

— Henri Matisse

When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the…

— Mike Svob

I think a lot of making art is listening to yourself.

— Kiki Smith

I love art, but I don't think I'm especially good at it. Fashion I think I could imagine, but I'm not really sure. I…

— Tavi Gevinson

There are so many different ways to talk and think about art. We just spoke about when attitude becomes form. But when I was…

— David Salle

Of course, this is one of the really important things about art, that you can make more than you can understand at the moment…

— Emmet Gowin

... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness

— J. W. N. Sullivan

“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart