Accomplished Quote by Edward Weston

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a…

— Edward Weston

Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.

— Edward Weston

The oldest principle of composition: repeat everything.

— Richard Powers

I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.

— Andre Kertesz

Composition, the aim of which is expression, alters itself according to the surface to be covered. If I take a sheet of paper of…

— Henri Matisse

Drawing and composition are the same thing.

— John French Sloan

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

The act of composition is a series of discoveries.

— E. L. Doctorow

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

— Edward Weston

This recognition, in real life, of a rhythm of surfaces, lines, and values is for me the essence of photography; composition should be a…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

— Brian Eno

Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition.…

— Robert Henri