"A view or a landscape will impress different people in different ways, just as a human individual will."

"The emotions suggested by facts, not the facts themselves, are what concern the picture maker. This is where he is di…"

"This is composition; knowing what to select, how to arrange, what to emphasize or eliminate and how to do it..."

"...I want to make it clear that the success of a picture, as a picture, does not depend upon topographical interest o…"

"The would-be picture-maker must learn to think pictorially; he must try to regard a picture as a pattern, as an arran…"

"The very word composition, defined as the "the act of composing; putting together; arranging in proper order," implie…"

"...but the fundamental element of picture-making is the cutting of the picture-space by lines or edges of tones, and …"

"...I would recommend the photographer to regard the focusing-screen of his camera as a space to be divided into a ple…"

"The areas of tones are called masses and, whatever the subject of picture may be, its success as a picture depends ve…"

"A. J. Anderson says: "Expose for the tones that are most desired.""