"I try not to observe myself in the……" — Thom Gunn
"I try not to observe myself in the process of composing a poem because I don't want to come up with a formula, which I would then be unscrupulous in using."
More Composing Quotes
- One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to… — Annie Besant
- Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color… — Benjamin Britten
- Composing means you have a beginning, middle and end and a fluidity to what you're doing. — Sandra Bullock
- The mad is either insane or he is composing verses. — Horace
- The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who… — James Madison
- The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
- Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music. — Satyajit Ray
- There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe. — Frederick Marryat
- Composing on the typewriter, I find that I am sloughing off all my long sentences which I used to dote… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
- The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it. — John Stuart Mill
- The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct… — James Madison
- That's why I'm so passionate about making music for movies because you dive in and find the best ideas to… — Unknown Author