Aim Quote by 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

Descriptive geometry has two objects: the first is to establish methods to represent on drawing paper which has only two dimensions,-namely, length and width,-all…

— Gaspard Monge

A composition is an arrangement, built out of parts, that aims at seamlessness.

— Eric Maisel

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

— Edward Weston

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

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

— Edward Weston

Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.

— Paul Cezanne

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

— Brian Eno

There is no need to express art in terms of nature. It can perfectly well be expressed in terms of geometry and the exact…

— Georges Vantongerloo

Drawing is your understanding of form.

— Edgar Degas

In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting.

— Thomas Eakins