Evocative Quotes

41 quotes by 40 authors

Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have. — Robert Adams
I think songs and visuals are so evocative of each other. — Aleksa Palladino
Maybe it's because we as writers are alone so often, are so attuned to listening to the run of our own thoughts, that we find… — Les Standiford
Forty years after the greatest scandal of the American presidency, Elizabeth Drew's account in Washington Journal remains fresh and riveting, instructive and evocative. Her afterword… — Tom Brokaw
Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues. — Will Cotton
The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind. — Thalassa Cruso
The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the exercise… — Herbert Read
I'm as embarrassed as hell about it. I purged myself of my shame by buying the Beatles 'all you need is love', one of the… — Jon Snow
I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling welled up in my mind… — David First
I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures. — Geddy Lee
The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks the… — John Malkovich
The written word can be powerful and beautiful - but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words… — Saoirse Ronan
There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of… — George Orwell
The word that most perfectly describes the city of Cuzco is evocative. Intangible dust of another era settles on its streets, rising like the disturbed… — Che Guevara
Most people, looking back at their childhood, see it as a misty country half-forgotten or only to be remembered through an evocative sound or scent,… — D.E. Stevenson
Scent is often underestimated, when it can be the most evocative. — Erin Morgenstern
In Rome, I particularly love the history, churches, sculptures and architecture and the fact that you can walk along a tiny cobbled street and turn… — Philip Treacy
I love going to the Via Giulia, a beautiful old cobbled street, which has a bridge at one end behind the Palazzo Farnese. It has… — Ed Stoppard
If you can even manage to tell exactly what a song is about, all you do is put that song in a box forever, and… — Robert Hunter
I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere. — Kate Bush

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