Compositional Quotes

15 quotes by 13 authors

• The artist's quest is to succeed in combining and balancing all compositional attributes and physical elements into those that are purely spiritual. That is the… — Edward J. Fraughton
• I endeavor to make a picture, for instance, exert a positive influence on the observer by its coloring, mood, and compositional idea, encouraging, say, activation,… — Max Bill
• Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not respond to the name of… — Stan Brakhage
• Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest… — Brian Ferneyhough
• I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies… — Geddy Lee
• Improvisation is a compositional method. — Evan Parker
• Yes, I have been studying piano since I was six. Classical, jazz, compositional, Broadway, everything. I just love it all. — Janel Parrish
• One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting. — Robert Genn
• A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability... — Robert Genn
• Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that compositional gift, that… — Twyla Tharp
• The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and… — Frank Zappa
• There is no piece of music that could relate to anything else but itself and its world. It is truly an independent. The one thing… — Rafael Vinoly
• Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not respond to the name of… — Stan Brakhage
• I don't want to wear my compositional tools on my sleeve. — Lou Harrison
• In serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in… — Steve Reich

Who Wrote These Compositional Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 15 Compositional Quotes as follows:

• 2 Compositional Quotes by Stan Brakhage
• 2 Compositional Quotes by Robert Genn
• 1 Compositional Quote by Edward J. Fraughton
• 1 Compositional Quote by Max Bill
• 1 Compositional Quote by Brian Ferneyhough
• 1 Compositional Quote by Geddy Lee
• 1 Compositional Quote by Evan Parker
• 1 Compositional Quote by Janel Parrish
• 1 Compositional Quote by Twyla Tharp
• 1 Compositional Quote by Frank Zappa
• 1 Compositional Quote by Rafael Vinoly
• 1 Compositional Quote by Lou Harrison
• 1 Compositional Quote by Steve Reich