“In the first quarter of the nineteenth century the experimental proof for the interdependence of the composition and properties of chemical compounds resulted in the theory that they are mutually related, so that like composition governs like properties, and conversely.” FirstsCenturyTheoryPropertyProofRelatedChemicalsQuartersCompositionCompoundsNineteenth CenturyInterdependenceChemical Compounds Author:Wilhelm Ostwald
“I met my wife when we were both 19 or 20, at a music school where she was taking voice and piano lessons and I was doing classes in music theory and composition.” SchoolVoiceClassWifeTheoryLessonsMetsMy WifePianoCompositionPiano LessonMusic Theory Author:Rohinton Mistry
“I started when I was nine. Really, everything I know about color theory, composition, drawing, and painting, I learned when I was a kid.” KnowsKidsColorPaintingTheoryDrawingNineCompositionDrawing And Painting Author:David Salle
“This influential, yet controversial idea requires that the mixture of species on Earth at any moment acts as a collective organism that continuously (yet unwittingly) tunes Earth's atmospheric composition and climate to promote the presence of life... But I'd bet there are some dead Martians and Venusians who advanced the same theory about their own planets a billion years ago.” YearsIdeasMomentsEarthSciencePlanetsTheoryYears AgoClimateSpeciesBillionsTunesCollectivesCompositionOrganismsMixturesInfluentialControversialMartians Book:Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries Source: Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
“For the artist, the goal of the painting or musical composition is not to convey literal truth, but an aspect of a universal truth that if successful, will continue to move and to touch people even as contexts, societies and cultures change. For the scientist, the goal of a theory is to convey "truth for now"--to replace an old truth, while accepting that someday this theory, too, will be replaced by a new "truth," because that is the way science advances.” PeopleIfsWayMovingArtistCultureGoalAcceptingSuccessfulPaintingTheoryTruth IsAspectScientistUniversalMusicalSomedayCompositionReplacedLiteralUniversal TruthCulture ChangeSociety And CultureMusical Composition Author:Daniel Levitin
“My theory of composition? Simple: do not release the shutter until everything in the viewfinder feels just right.” FeelsSimpleTheoryPhotographyReleaseCompositionShuttersFeels Just Author:Ernst Haas
“I began seriously concentrating on music study after I entered senior high school. I went to a class in the arts section at the YMCA and learned music theory and composition. Today, there are many classes like this available, but this was not so much the case in those days.” ArtTodaySchoolClassCasesStudyTheoryHigh SchoolAvailableCompositionSeniorSectionsConcentratingMusic TheoryHigh School SeniorYmca Author:Isao Tomita