Afterthought Quote by Robert Genn

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

— Eric 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

Composition is selective improvisation.

— Igor Stravinsky

Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing.

— Edward Weston

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.

— Henry David Thoreau

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

— Brian Eno

Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.

— Bill Bruford

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

Compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome.

— Ezra Pound

You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

— Roscoe Mitchell

I don't know what good composition is.... Sometimes for me composition has to do with a certain brightness or a certain coming to restness…

— Diane Arbus

When you eliminate my name on my best compositions. Then what are I need to give you my own compositions.

— Mak_786