Composition Quotes

417 quotes by 332 authors

When the bus or the plane rolled or flew through the night, they sang songs of their own composition about Mr Nixon and the Republicans… — Theodore White
My religion lies in my composition. — John Philip Sousa
I was very much fascinated with the technology we had that we could edit in the computer our compositions, but all the sounds that were… — Miroslav Vitous
Since the discovery of oxygen the civilised world has undergone a revolution in manners and customs. The knowledge of the composition of the atmosphere, of… — Justus von Liebig
I travel because I like to move from place to place, I enjoy the sense of freedom it gives me, it pleases me to be… — W. Somerset Maugham
A Composition on the Piano — Johann Sebastian Bach
I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on. — Richard Rodney Bennett
Imagination, which is a quality writers must have, does not mean the ability to weave pretty stories out of nothing. In the right sense, imagination… — Willa Cather
Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its influence and its place, just as our body will pass… — Alexander Herzen
I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing. — Yann Tiersen
With his new CD 'Tactiles' Liberty Ellman emerges as one of the most intriguing, albeit unorthodox, guitarists on the New York scene today. An album… — Bill Milkowski
Songs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing. — Brian Eno
The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and… — Andreas Feininger
Brahma was excessively sparing with earth, water, and fire.... The reckless expenditure of air and ether in his composition was amazing. And, in consequence, he… — Rabindranath Tagore
From 50 centuries, we can learn about the close relationship between garden design and urban design, because both arts involve the composition of buildings with… — Tom Turner
The body enjoys a great share in our being, and has an eminent place in it. Its structure and composition, therefore, are worthy of proper… — Michel de Montaigne
In literary composition a well-chosen quotation lights up the page like a fine engraving... — William Francis Henry King
Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my… — Mahatma Gandhi
How much finer things are in composition than alone. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition. — Charles Lamb

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