Imagery Quotes

151 Imagery quotes by 130 unique authors

These political passions are born of a hunger so deep that it touches on the spiritual. Or they were for me, and they still are.… — Lierre Keith
I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts. — Shakira
The practice of imagination, on an everyday basis, involves clearing unhelpful images that block or misdirect our energies, and choosing to focus on positive, mobilizing… — Robert Moss
I've been attracted to imagery and occasionally I've drawn from it, but I never thought I'd be painting these paintings. I didn't have any desire… — William T. Wiley
I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters,… — Ann Beattie
The Academy for Guided Imagery has created and finely honed an exquisite training program. Years of development and feedback has resulted in a creative program… — Jeanne Achterberg
What is being lost is the magic of the word. I am not an image person. Imagery belongs to another civilization: the caveman. Caveman couldn't… — Elie Wiesel
I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the flow of language… — Margaret Mahy
All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I've always had a weakness for heroic imagery. — Edward Ruscha
I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as… — Les Claypool
Imagery is like music. — Steven Bochco
I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out. — Terry Brooks
I like surfers. Their imagery, it's great. — Ray Davies
I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image. — Rachel Kushner
I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of… — Yusef Komunyakaa
American companies spend more than $200 billion each year hacking women's bodies into bits and pieces, urging comparisons between self and other, linking value to… — Caroline Knapp
When I first started painting candyland imagery, I was looking for the best possible metaphor for everything that is pleasure, desire and insatiability. — Will Cotton
In sport, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and competition. The developing athletes who make… — Terry Orlick
The original quality in any man of imagination is imagery. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Nor will I be using any imagery that mocks Jesus Christ. — Garry Trudeau
But I always liked the fact that you get these totally unacceptable images, but they're taken by a really expensive photographer, with great light, and… — Damien Hirst
The mental imagery involved with pianistic tactilia is not related to the striking of individual keys but rather to the rites of passage between notes. — Glenn Gould
My focus was always toward imagery of some sort. — David Salle
I'm not a planner. I should be more articulate about what the imagery means, but I don't have a good reason for it; it's just… — Joe Bradley
The awareness of imagery is part of living... a life which derives its power from within itself will focus on the perception... of images. — Oskar Kokoschka

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