“I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.” EyeWalksSubjectsPleaseElementsVariousCompositionAngleObserving Author:Andre Kertesz
“All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to no one but his own sensibilities for what he painted and how he painted it.” MatterArtistResponsibilitySubjectsResponsibleDrawingBalancedCompositionSensibilitySubject Matter Author:Ernst Gombrich
“On the whole, however, the conclusions I have drawn from the proofs quoted may, I believe, safely be relied on. Assuredly they will not be disturbed either by the lays of a poet displaying the exaggeration of his craft, or by the compositions of the chroniclers that are attractive at truth's expense; the subjects they treat of being out of the reach of evidence, and time having robbed most of them of historical value by enthroning them in the region of legend.” BelieveMayWholeValuesI BelieveSubjectsPoetEvidenceTreatsLaysHistoricalProofConclusionCraftsAttractiveRegionsExpensesLegendsCompositionDisturbedExaggerationHistorical Value Book:History of Greece Source: History of Greece
“I try to find a compositional structure in the subject itself, in nature... I rely on the angle where the wall meets the floor as a constant reference point, and against that I oppose the movements of the model's limbs.” TryingSubjectsMovementWallModelsStructureConstantRelyCompositionAngleLimbs Author:Philip Pearlstein
“Of the eternal incorporeal substance nothing is changed, is formed or deformed, but there always remains only that thing which cannot be a subject of dissolution, since it is not possible that it be a subject of composition, and therefore, either of itself or by accident, it cannot be said to die.” SaidDiesSubjectsChangedEternalRemainsAccidentsSubstanceCompositionDissolution Author:Giordano Bruno
“It is most difficult to acquire the, how shall I say? the 'depth' of a subject in composition in silhouette.” DifficultSubjectsDepthAcquireCompositionSilhouettes Author:Ugo Mochi
“Composition in photography is almost as varied as composition in music or words -- melodic or atonal, safe or daring -- and can enhance subject, theme, and style. Every photograph you take involves you in some compositional decision, even if this is simply where to set up the camera or when to press the button.” IfsDecisionSubjectsStyleSafePhotographyCamerasPressesPhotographThemeDaringCompositionButtons Book:Basic Photography Source: Basic Photography
“How can one express the indefinable sensations that one experiences while writing an instrumental composition that has no definite subject? It is a purely lyrical process. It is a musical confession of the soul, which unburdens itself through sounds just as a lyric poet expresses himself through poetry...As the poet Heine said, 'Where words leave off, music begins.'” WritingSaidSoulProcessSoundMusicSubjectsPoetMusic IsMusicalSensationsConfessionCompositionDefiniteLyricalIndefinable Author:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“...I think finding that room to make pictures that don't jump off the wall as, or detonate as dramatic, either in lighting or in form or in composition or in subject matter, but more ordinary, that's the challenge.” ThinkingMatterFormChallengesRoomsSubjectsWallFindingsOrdinaryDramaticCompositionLightingSubject MatterOff The Wall Author:Larry Sultan