Imagery Quotes

151 quotes by 138 authors

The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the… — Michael Parenti
The only valid reason to use clichÃ©s is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect… — Leonard Bishop
The life of the consciousness is boundless. It interpenetrates the world and is woven in all its imagery. Therefore, we must listen closely to our… — Oskar Kokoschka
The metaphor ( coaching) with sports is meant quite seriously... the coach stands back , observes the performance, and provides guidance. The coach applauds strengths,… — David Perkins
I like using concrete imagery, but I don't feel that's what it's about. It's a combination of concrete and abstract to take the listener somewhere… — M. Ward
We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared… — John Ruskin
The poems in Katherine Soniat's new collection, The Swing Girl, weave emotion's 'spray going farther than thought' with the 'bedrock things' of the trod-upon world.… — Kathryn Stripling Byer
I looked to animal and insect imagery to develop the lack of substance and wasted motion that my Terminator has. I tried to tap into… — Robert Patrick
Oh My God, the [hip-hop] videos! The imagery is so awful! I just can't get with it at all. The best thing I can say… — Alicia Keys
Women have always collected things and saved and recycled them because leftovers yielded nourishment in new forms. The decorative functional objects women made often spoke… — Miriam Schapiro
Words are tools of imagery in motion, — Sam Shepard
Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has… — Lena Olin
If we do not mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using… — Carol P. Christ
Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is… — Carol P. Christ
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain. — Marina Warner
A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He… — William James
When a friend of mine introduced me to the music of Luca C & Brigante I was stuck with an apocalyptic feeling, as if I… — Roisin Murphy
The type of adverts to be found on television and in glossy magazines are visually designed to have a power over the mind before they… — Mat Collishaw
The imagery is very much released from reality. It's not nailed down to specifics of the words. They're painting a picture, not telling linear stories. — Daniel B. Shapiro
Idiom is larger than geography it is the hot breath of a people singing, slashing, explorative. Imagery becomes the magic denominator, the language of a… — Mari Evans

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