Quotes about Composition
She uses a formula when writing a short story, which goes ABDCE, for Action, Background, Development, Climax, and Ending.
— Anne Lamott
But in that curious compound, the feminine character, it may easily happen that the flavor is unpleasant in spite of excellent ingredients;
— George Eliot
The greater the length, the more beautiful will the piece be by reason of its size, provided that the whole be perspicuous." (VII)
— Aristotle
Gold and silver grow, and so does every other kind of metal, the same as the hair upon my head, or the wheat in the field; they do not grow as fast, but they are all the time composing or decomposing
— Brigham Young
T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to develop it.
— Mark Twain
It's hard for most of us to accept that we are nine parts microbe and only one part human, at least as far as a count of our cells goes.
— Eric Topol
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
— Anonymous
ACATALECTIC (ACATALE'CTIC) n.s.[ Gr.]A verse which has the compleat number of syllables, without defect or superfluity.
— Samuel Johnson
A true sonnet goes eight lines and then takes a turn for better or worse and goes six or eight lines more.
— Robert Frost
The challenge for a good musician is to bring out compositions that seem fresh to the listener, even if the listener has heard the song or the composition before.
— Ilaiyaraaja
I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.
— Miguel
Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record.
— Dave Lombardo