Quotes by Composition For my qualifying concert, Helmut Walcha would not coach Charles-Marie Widor or any American compositions. In his defense, his forte was Germanic composers, and his forte was really a fortissimo! Barbara Harbach composition composer coaches I don't listen to much modern composition. Colin Greenwood composition modern We are God's productions, His compositions. David Jeremiah composition productions I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished. David Tudor composition pieces alive One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few. Denis Diderot composition rich figures I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition. Dizzy Gillespie composition jazz play The act of composition is a series of discoveries. E. L. Doctorow composition writing discovery Even in front of nature one must compose. Edgar Degas composition fronts ......so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing. Edward Weston composition technique way Good composition is merely the strongest way of seeing. Edward Weston composition strongest way You cannot separate the composition from the life of the moment. It is all one thing, to be decided in a split second while you're living through it. Edwin Land composition splits moments A composition is an arrangement, built out of parts, that aims at seamlessness. Eric Maisel composition aim built The right use of color can make any composition work. Fairfield Porter composition color use An entire composition written in jazz could not live. George Gershwin gershwin composition jazz The composition is the thing seen by everyone living in the living they are doing, they are the composing of the composition that at the time they are living is the composition of the time in which they are living. Gertrude Stein composition composing There is no field other than the weird in which I have any aptitude or inclination for fictional composition. Life has never interested me so much as the escape from life. H. P. Lovecraft composition aptitude fields When you feel like putting something into your picture or do not know what is the matter with it, take something out. Harvey Dunn composition matter feels Composition is selective improvisation. Igor Stravinsky selective composition improvisation Composition is frozen improvisation. Igor Stravinsky composition improvisation frozen The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both. James Madison composition federalism constitution 123»