#compose

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. ↗

— John Andrew Holmes

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Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle. ↗

— Thomas Beecham

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Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

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There are particular images that I like. Allegro is composed of a series of still life photographs that has been put to speed. There is so much care that has gone into the composition of the cinematography. ↗

— Helena Christensen

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Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist. ↗

— John Eaton

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A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it. ↗

— Hanns Eisler

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A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial purpose in mind. They were passed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country. ↗

— James Madison

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The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend. ↗

— Charles Lamb

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