Brightness Quote by Diane Arbus

Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing.

— Edward Weston

Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture…

— Henri Matisse

Composition is a process of combination, in which thought puts together complementary truths, and talent fuses into harmony the most contrary qualities of style.…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.

— Brian Eno

A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself.…

— Yo-Yo Ma

......so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing.

— Edward Weston

composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.

— Ned Rorem

Composition is interesting because, in a sense, you always have to let it go. Unless you're a true composer/performer, you're always sending a PDF…

— Nico Muhly

Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would help construct…

— Berenice Abbott

Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.

— Howard Shore

One of the principals of composition, I would say, in fiction, is you want to do what you can do a lot of. You…

— George Saunders

When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the…

— Mike Svob