Composition Quote by Jay Maisel

The composition happens as the work progresses. Often the messy background makes it easy to disperse shapes as needed. I'd rather it took over…

— Myfanwy Pavelic

Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.

— Robert Genn

...it is seldom indeed that a composition which was poor when the picture was taken can be improved by reshaping it in the dark…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

By having the big lines of the composition going out of the canvas, your imagination can wander beyond the edge. It will make it…

— Charles Webster Hawthorne

If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire.

— Ansel Adams

I make a composition with a white and a black, and make adjustments when the white has become a paper and the black a…

— Juan Gris

And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done

— Pierre Bonnard

I usually have an immediate recognition of the potential image, and I have found that too much concern about matters such as conventional composition…

— Ansel Adams

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

— Auguste Rodin

To be the cream of the crop is no easy feat. It's a big deal.

— Ice Cube

“Remove the mixture from the”

— Nikki Adams

The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece.

— David Bayles