Composing Quotes

143 quotes by 132 authors

One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to Mother Nature of the material… — Annie Besant
Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks,… — Benjamin Britten
Composing means you have a beginning, middle and end and a fluidity to what you're doing. — Sandra Bullock
The mad is either insane or he is composing verses. — Horace
The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right. — James Madison
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music. — Satyajit Ray
There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe. — Frederick Marryat
Composing on the typewriter, I find that I am sloughing off all my long sentences which I used to dote upon. Short, staccato, like modern… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it. — John Stuart Mill
The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and interests, the more… — James Madison
That's why I'm so passionate about making music for movies because you dive in and find the best ideas to bring tolife a collective piece… — Alexandre Desplat
All of a sudden it hit me - If there was such a thing as composing music, there could be such a thing as composing… — Len Lye
Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing… — Josh Groban
I think [game music] is something that should last with the player. It's interesting because it can't just be some random music, but something that… — Yasunori Mitsuda
To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the… — Ansel Adams
Because I have become such a solitary, and not in the Aristotelian sense: not a beast, not a god. Rather, a loner troubled by longings,… — Saul Bellow
It is difficult to put into words what I suffered-the longing that seemed to be tearing my heart out by the roots, the dreadful sense… — Hector Berlioz
Without writing, the literate mind would not and could not think as it does, not only when engaged in writing but normally even when it… — Walter J. Ong
While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only… — Dweezil Zappa

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