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composition

«A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one.»
«Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.»
«Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.»
Author: Letitia Landon | About: Enthusiasm | Keywords: composition, particle
«In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.»
«At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.»
«If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. I do not understand it. I feel it as a torture, which I must get rid of, but never as a pleasure. On the contrary, I think composition a great pain.»
«Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials»
«ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind the dampest kind of dejection. The most famous English example begins somewhat like this:The cur foretells the knell of parting day; The loafing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; The wise man homeward plods; I only stay To fiddle-faddle in a minor key.»
«And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: composition, perfume
«Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.»

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