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title: "7 Visual Things Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Visual Things quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Visual Things sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/steven-pinker-526_creatures_we-are-visual-creatures-visual-things-st_1412613.jpg"
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> [We are visual creatures. Visual things stay put, whereas sounds fade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/we-are-visual-creatures-visual-things-stay-put-whereas-sounds-fade/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/steven-pinker-526_creatures_we-are-visual-creatures-visual-things-st_1412613.jpg)

> [As a comic, you learn to use your voice because you don't have the benefit of visual things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-foxworthy/as-a-comic-you-learn-to-use-your-voice-because-you-don-t-have-the/)

[Jeff Foxworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-foxworthy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/jeff-foxworthy-939_benefits_as-a-comic-you-learn-to-use-your-voice-b_1424396.jpg)

> [When we were young, we knew things. We knew basic history, even as it related to fashion. Now, when something reappears, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/when-we-were-young-we-knew-things-we-knew-basic-history-even-as-it/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/fran-lebowitz-690_clue_when-we-were-young-we-knew-things-we-kne_2338143.png)

> [When I hear music, it’s visual; I see things,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-kravitz/when-i-hear-music-it-s-visual-i-see-things/)

[Lenny Kravitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-kravitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/lenny-kravitz-1836_funny_when-i-hear-music-it-s-visual-i-see-thin_2415053.png)

> [I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-christensen/i-am-very-much-aware-of-the-visual-side-of-things-i-do-a-lot-of/)

[Helena Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-christensen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/helena-christensen-13729_interesting_i-am-very-much-aware-of-the-visual-side_2834323.jpg)

> [I'm personally more struck by visual things more than musical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lana-del-rey/i-m-personally-more-struck-by-visual-things-more-than-musical/)

[Lana Del Rey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lana-del-rey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/lana-del-rey-1196_musical_i-m-personally-more-struck-by-visual-thi_2871240.jpg)

> [Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/words-aren-t-very-good-at-describing-complicated-strange-visual/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/yann-martel-395_complicated_words-aren-t-very-good-at-describing-com_2963731.jpg)

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