#composition

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. ↗

— James Thurber

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I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going. ↗

— Robin Trower

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When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem. ↗

— Dexter Gordon

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You have to know composition to be a good improviser. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

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Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away. ↗

— Robert Henri

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A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra. ↗

— Michael Bolton

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What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

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My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition. ↗

— Matthew Modine

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The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality. ↗

— Rick Moody

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