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I think it's a false distinction to say that conversation and composition are separate. Because even as we speak, I'm seeing. Every interview is different, and I'm finding new ways to talk about ancient preoccupations. And I sometimes come on something that's immensely helpful and valuable. Plus I like the sensation of conversation.

~Allan Gurganus

Topics: About Ancient Because Come Composition Conversation Different Distinction Even Every False Finding Helpful Immensely Interview Like New New Ways Plus Say Seeing Sensation Separate Something Sometimes Speak Talk Think Valuable Ways I Think

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Nowadays you don't get to see composition in a movie because nobody ever keeps the camera still long enough to see it. Actors don't have the thrill and the power of working with space.

~Allison Anders

Topics: Actor Because Camera Composition Enough Ever Get Keeps Long Movie Nobody Nowadays Power See Space Still Thrill Working You

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My first serious attempts at writing were made in 1868, and I took up two very different lines of composition; I wrote some short stories of a very flimsy type, and also a work of a much more ambitious character, 'The Lives of the Black Letter Saints.'

~Annie Besant

Topics: Also Ambitious Attempts Black Character Composition Different First Letter Lines Lives Made More Much Saints Serious Short Short Stories Some Stories Took Two Type Up Very Were Work Writing Wrote

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What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.

~Annie Leibovitz

Topics: Composition End Going Help Shoot Shooting Situation Subject Up

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What has stayed true all the way through my work is my composition, I hope, and my sense of color.

~Annie Leibovitz

Topics: Color Composition Hope Sense Stayed Through True Way Work

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I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed.

~Antoine Lavoisier

Topics: Chemical Composition Consider Formed Kinds Laboratory Nature Vast Which

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The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed.

~Anton Seidl

Topics: Always Believed Composition Conductor Does Found Gift Go Hand Indeed More Much Seldom Than Union

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For pure joy, I look at a small painting by Arbit Blatas. An ocean liner is at the center of the composition, perhaps ready to depart. It holds the promise of discovery.

~Antonio Damasio

Topics: Center Composition Depart Discovery Holds Joy Look Ocean Painting Perhaps Promise Pure Pure Joy Ready Small

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There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.

~Arnold Newman

Topics: Able Come Compose Composition Computer Impossible Information Know Masterpiece No Rules Out Pants Perfect Put Regulations Rules Seat Were Would You Your

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Analysis of the composition of samples of DNA from a great variety of sources and by many investigators revealed the remarkable fact that the purine content always equals the pyrimidine content.

~Arthur Kornberg

Topics: Always Analysis Composition Content Equals Fact Great Many Remarkable Revealed Samples Sources Variety Dna

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