Compose Quotes

234 quotes by 210 authors

Without the hard little bits of marble which are called 'facts' or 'data' one cannot compose a mosaic; what matters, however, are not so much… — Arthur Koestler
Before I compose a piece, I walk around it several times, accompanied by myself. — Erik Satie
Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always for patrons, aristocrats,… — David Cronenberg
The analysts try in vain to conceal the fact that they do not deduce: they combine, they compose ... when they do arrive at the… — Evariste Galois
It is an art in itself to compose a starting team, finding the balance between creative players and those with destructive powers, and between defence,… — Rinus Michels
I turned to the teeming small creatures that can be held between the thumb and forefinger: the little things that compose the foundation of our… — E. O. Wilson
Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them… — Maria Weston Chapman
Everything that I saw became something to be made, and it had to be exactly as it was, with nothing added. It was a new… — Ellsworth Kelly
There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song — Masanobu Fukuoka
Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude, and keep us from becoming a burden to ourselves.… — Jeremy Collier
All newspaper writers have heard that the stuff they compose today has an excellent chance of being used to wrap tomorrow's mackerel. — Ira Berkow
Self-definition and self-determination is about the many varied decisions that we make to compose and journey toward ourselves, about the audacity and strength to proclaim,… — Janet Mock
It is as though the practices organizing a bustling city were characterized by [city practitioners', everyday citizens'] blindness. The neworks of these moving, intersecting writings… — Michel de Certeau
The way to compose for me is to have lots of time. — Eberhard Weber
The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to… — Ikue Mori
Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or… — Felix Mendelssohn
The greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded of a multitude of strands. Take the rope apart, separate it into the small threads… — Victor Hugo
It is important that we have the inner richness to be able to look up at the stars or the moon and compose a poem… — Daisaku Ikeda
A combination of the qualities of the scholar, the master cook, the painter, the gastronomer, the sportsman and the pantologist, assisted by the skill of… — George Ellwanger
People compose the schedules they do out of the priorities they have; and someone who says otherwise is deceiving himself about what he really values.… — Kenny Smith

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