Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition. There must be motive for the connection. Get the art of controlling the observer – that is composition.


The Art Spirit (ed. Basic Books, 2007) - ISBN: 9780465002634

Robert Henri Quotes

Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition....

Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition....

Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition....

Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition....