"Language is a mixture of statement and evocation." — Elizabeth Bowen

More Evocation Quotes

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• Adrianne Harun's dark, mysterious novel is by turns Gothic and grittily realistic, astute and poetic in its evocation of evil… — Andrea Barrett
• The Hours is in fact a lovely triumph. Cunningham honors both Mrs. Dalloway and its creator with unerring sensitivity, thanks… — Gail Caldwell
• A lavish colored evocation of Hollywood now gone, as shown through an afternoon in the milieu of the 1920's film… — Kenneth Anger
• There is nothing like wine for conjuring up feelings of contentment and goodwill. It is less of a drink than… — Unknown Author
• All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising. — Joseph Conrad
• THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY is ostensibly an autobiography but in truth it is much more than that. In this remarkably… — Ronald Harwood
• The short story form allows evocation, suggestion, implication. Its potency often lies in what it does not say. — Isobelle Carmody
• Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something -… — Martin Amis
• Studying the universe engages us in something bigger than ourselves. Science tries to describe, in terms we can only grasp… — Guy Consolmagno
• All creative art is magic , is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising, for the… — Joseph Conrad
• The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence… — M.F.K. Fisher

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