--- title: "13 Expressing Emotion Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Expressing Emotion quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Expressing Emotion sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/victor-hugo-32_difficulty_emotion-is-always-new-and-the-word-has-a_2131950.jpg" --- > [Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/emotion-is-always-new-and-the-word-has-always-served-therein-lies-the/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/victor-hugo-32_difficulty_emotion-is-always-new-and-the-word-has-a_2131950.jpg) > [Fashion is another way of expressing emotion and art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruel/fashion-is-another-way-of-expressing-emotion-and-art/) [Ruel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/ruel-7628_another_fashion-is-another-way-of-expressing-emo_710454.jpg) > [Expressing emotion is not so easy. He has to remind himself that English is not her first language. Expressing emotion can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elise-valmorbida/expressing-emotion-is-not-so-easy-he-has-to-remind-himself-that/) [Elise Valmorbida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elise-valmorbida/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/elise-valmorbida-31107_difficult_expressing-emotion-is-not-so-easy-he-has_1111617.jpg) > [Music is the medium for expressing emotion. Music kindles love and infuses hope. It has countless voices and instruments. Music is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sivananda/music-is-the-medium-for-expressing-emotion-music-kindles-love-and/) [Sivananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sivananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/sivananda-7251_emotion_music-is-the-medium-for-expressing-emoti_238047.png) > [“His smile had an attractive quality, the smile of a man of the world who used it, not to cover his words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/his-smile-had-an-attractive-quality-the-smile-of-a-man-of-the-world/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/ayn-rand-59_quote_his-smile-had-an-attractive-quality-the_1760546.jpg) > [A voice expressing emotion in a musical way moves on. It's like the finale of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/a-voice-expressing-emotion-in-a-musical-way-moves-on-it-s-like-the/) [Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/dwight-yoakam-9632_being_a-voice-expressing-emotion-in-a-musical_2242008.jpg) > [I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-knew-that-i-wanted-to-be-a-singer-songwriter-when-i-was-much/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/annie-lennox-1546_able_i-knew-that-i-wanted-to-be-a-singer-song_1738234.jpg) > [Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/music-is-an-extraordinary-vehicle-for-expressing-emotion-very/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/annie-lennox-1546_draws_music-is-an-extraordinary-vehicle-for-ex_1156044.jpg) > [“Lesson for today… just because an autistic child seems intensely focused on numbers, facts and history, does NOT mean they don't feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-becker/lesson-for-today-just-because-an-autistic-child-seems-intensely/) [Liz Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-becker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/liz-becker-43979_children_lesson-for-today-just-because-an-autisti_1429200.jpg) > [I have always struggled with expressing emotion, I used to think I was a very hard person but music has shown me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxanne-emery/i-have-always-struggled-with-expressing-emotion-i-used-to-think-i-was/) [Roxanne Emery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxanne-emery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/roxanne-emery-46491_emotion_i-have-always-struggled-with-expressing_2647640.jpg) > [The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an "objective correlative"; in other words, a set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-only-way-of-expressing-emotion-in-the-form-of-art-is-by-finding/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/t-s-eliot-633_art_the-only-way-of-expressing-emotion-in-th_251922.png) > [Beautiful women seldom want to act. They are afraid of emotion and they do not try to extract anything from a character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurette-taylor/beautiful-women-seldom-want-to-act-they-are-afraid-of-emotion-and/) [Laurette Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurette-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/laurette-taylor-57930_beautiful_beautiful-women-seldom-want-to-act-they_733357.jpg) > [One thing I think is that comics are really good at expressing emotion. I think there's a way that comics characters can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-brown/one-thing-i-think-is-that-comics-are-really-good-at-expressing/) [Jeffrey Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/jeffrey-brown-25199_appearance_one-thing-i-think-is-that-comics-are-rea_2323518.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expressing-emotion/#itemlist", "name": "Expressing Emotion Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victor Hugo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/emotion-is-always-new-and-the-word-has-always-served-therein-lies-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/victor-hugo-32_difficulty_emotion-is-always-new-and-the-word-has-a_2131950.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/victor-hugo-32_difficulty_emotion-is-always-new-and-the-word-has-a_2131950.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/victor-hugo-32_difficulty_emotion-is-always-new-and-the-word-has-a_2131950.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.” — Victor Hugo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fashion is another way of expressing emotion and art.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ruel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruel/fashion-is-another-way-of-expressing-emotion-and-art/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/ruel-7628_another_fashion-is-another-way-of-expressing-emo_710454.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/ruel-7628_another_fashion-is-another-way-of-expressing-emo_710454.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/ruel-7628_another_fashion-is-another-way-of-expressing-emo_710454.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fashion is another way of expressing emotion and art.” — Ruel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Expressing emotion is not so easy. 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Difficulty expressing emotion is not the same as an inability to empathize.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liz Becker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-becker/lesson-for-today-just-because-an-autistic-child-seems-intensely/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/liz-becker-43979_children_lesson-for-today-just-because-an-autisti_1429200.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/liz-becker-43979_children_lesson-for-today-just-because-an-autisti_1429200.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/liz-becker-43979_children_lesson-for-today-just-because-an-autisti_1429200.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lesson for today… just because an autistic child seems intensely focused on numbers, facts and history, does…” — Liz Becker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have always struggled with expressing emotion, I used to think I was a very hard person but music has shown me I'm a big softy! Writing songs to me really is like writing a diary, it's very private and very personal. My most emotional songs have been written alone in a locked room, I'm able to express myself there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roxanne Emery" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxanne-emery/i-have-always-struggled-with-expressing-emotion-i-used-to-think-i-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/roxanne-emery-46491_emotion_i-have-always-struggled-with-expressing_2647640.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/roxanne-emery-46491_emotion_i-have-always-struggled-with-expressing_2647640.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/roxanne-emery-46491_emotion_i-have-always-struggled-with-expressing_2647640.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have always struggled with expressing emotion, I used to think I was a very hard person but music has…” — Roxanne Emery", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an \"objective correlative\"; in other words, a set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula for that particular emotion; such that when the external facts, which must terminate in sensory experience, are given, the emotion is immediately evoked.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "T. S. Eliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-only-way-of-expressing-emotion-in-the-form-of-art-is-by-finding/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/t-s-eliot-633_art_the-only-way-of-expressing-emotion-in-th_251922.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/t-s-eliot-633_art_the-only-way-of-expressing-emotion-in-th_251922.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/t-s-eliot-633_art_the-only-way-of-expressing-emotion-in-th_251922.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an \"objective correlative\"; in other…” — T. S. Eliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Beautiful women seldom want to act. They are afraid of emotion and they do not try to extract anything from a character that they are portraying, because in expressing emotion they may encourage crow's feet and laughing wrinkles. 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