More Quotes on Rhythm from "Composition of Outdoor Painting" by Edgar Payne

"Pack Train in the High Sierras" by Edgar Payne

"Rhythm being an attribute of music, is felt in the recurrence of similar sounds, contrasts and subtle nuances of near tones. Poetry, too, must have rhythm. In languages, also, this quality may be felt. For instance, Spanish has beautiful undulation and repetition - a continuity of certain near evenness, broken or interspersed with the contrasts of climaxes and anti-climaxes."

"Painting is like handwriting - the grace and swing in curves, ovals, and the general rhythm in the line of written words is possible only when the hand easily and confidently makes the strokes."

"The significance of line has much to do with rhythm in painting. Lengthy vertical and horizontal straight lines not opposed or interrupted are always more or less static. Curved lines contribute more to rhythmic feeling than any other type of line. Yet a curved line generally needs opposition by at least a few straight lines." 

"The recurrence of contrasts, accents, extreme values or color; the repetitions of closely-related values and color are also some of the visual factors in the picture which cause rhythmic feeling."

To be continued