Conceit Quote by Sidney Lanier

My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I…

— Stephen Dobyns

As a songwriter, metaphor is instinctual.

— Rodney Crowell

Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual ways.

— James Geary

Of metaphors, those generally conduce most to energy or vivacity of style which illustrate an intellectual by a sensible object.

— Richard Whately

Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.

— Florence King

Metaphors hide in plain sight, and their influence is largely unconscious. We should mind our metaphors, though, because metaphors make up our minds.

— James Geary

“Metaphors are one of the most powerful weapons in your arsenal as a presenter. In today's fast-paced world of communication, a well-thought-out metaphor acts…

— Bruna Martinuzzi

Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming.

— Roberto Bolano

It sometimes happens that you just know... You have a feeling that things are coinciding, and that they operate and work on a number…

— Paolo Pellegrin

“The writer sensitive to language finds his own metaphors, not simply because he has been taught to avoid clichés but because he enjoys finding…

— John Gardner

“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.”

— Calvin Niles

“Metaphors are tiny saviors leading the way out of sentimentality, small disciples of Pound, urging "Say it new! Say it new!" It's hard for…

— Leslie Jamison