Compositions Quotes

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I criticise these compositions by analysis but an illustration cannot be made that way - it must be made by inspiration. — Howard Pyle
Gradually compositions make an appearance again. Political - satirical - conceits expressed in one figure or a few. — Paul Klee
Such compositions, line and color ideas, such wonders come into my mind and have stuck! - They will this time be dismissed only by being… — Morris Graves
Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought. — Robert Genn
I was doing something that the officials or art commission probably didn't consider important... I was experimenting with different kinds of realistic art, impressionism and… — E. J. Hughes
For it is a plain fact that, most certainly in the West, the writings, works of art, musical compositions which are of central reference, comport… — George Steiner
I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm… — David First
Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy.… — Umberto Eco
Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. — Samuel Johnson
The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions. — Paul Klee
An evil fate has deprived me of the full use of my right hand, so that I am not able to play my compositions as… — Robert Schumann
While people are fairly young and the musical composition of their lives is still in its opening bars, they can go about writing it together… — Milan Kundera
People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old. — Edmund Burke
Jazz music is a style, not compositions; any kind of music may be played in Jazz if one has the knowledge. — Jelly Roll Morton
Beautiful forms and compositions are not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. A composition for cheapness… — Josiah Wedgwood
If you want to find the source of much of the music of modern day Russia, you will find it in the incredible compositions of… — Ray Bradbury
Many MIDI files contain entire musical compositions. Because MIDI supports only 16 channels, however, no more than 16 different instruments can play at any time,… — Charles Petzold
What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about… — Roscoe Mitchell
There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to… — Alan Hovhaness

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