John Cage
Composer, Musician
"The act of listening is in fact an act of composing."
Composing quotes
Composing
29 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Alex North
Composer
"My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan."
Christopher Hitchens
Author, Critic, Journalist
"I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously."
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"La dernie' re chose qu'on trouve en faisant un ouvrage, est de savoir celle qu'il faut mettre la premie' re. The last thing one discovers in composing a work iswhat to put first."
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