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Conjure Quotes

What the mind can call up when it tries.

A filmmaker here describes how a studio lets creators conjure entire worlds of escapism more freely than shooting on location. Another quote explains the "memory palace" method, where people conjure a familiar space in their imagination to remember things — related reading on our Mind quotes page.

In 'Beowulf,' director Robert Zemeckis uses a technique called 'motion capture' to conjure fantastical things, angles into action and sweeping vistas to stun your eyes and take your breath away. But what he hasn't mastered and what the technique can't...

Quotes by Stephen Hunter

As writers, we do our best to conjure a world so vivid that the reader can practically walk through it - but we're still only using words and relying on readers to do a lot of work of imagining. Providing...

Quotes by Sharon Shinn

Getting older, I realize I've had a very fortunate life. I've had a budget that's allowed me to do just about any silly little thing the mind could conjure up, and I'm still alive and here.

Quotes by Rick Danko

No doubt many people have the feeling that to talk about death at all is, in effect, to conjure it up mentally, to bring it closer in such a way that one has to face up to the inevitability of...

Quotes by Raymond Moody

Freedom Quotes

As a child, I felt that Hallowe'en was a time when creatures of the night suddenly came to life - we would turn off all the lights in the house and let flickering candlelight conjure up scary shadows and create...

Quotes by Pippa Middleton

If you're an only child, you spend a lot of time by yourself, and you develop a strong ability to entertain yourself, to conjure up fantasy.

Quotes by Peter Jackson

Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.

Quotes by Oliver North

It was as a mother that I needed my mother back, and I needed to conjure her anew and think about what she would have counselled and what she would have given.

Quotes by Maya Soetoro-Ng

A studio allows me more freedom. You can create your own sort of reality which is actually more exciting than shooting on location. You can conjure up a complete atmosphere of escapism for the public.

Quotes by Ken Adam

Life Quotes

One trick, known as the journey method or 'memory palace,' is to conjure up a familiar space in the mind's eye, and then populate it with images of whatever it is you want to remember.

Quotes by Joshua Foer

I cannot conjure up an ounce of respect for Bill Clinton when it comes to the military. Every time I see him salute a Marine, it infuriates me. I don't think Bill Clinton cares one iota about what happens in...

Quotes by Jim Webb

I hate to cook, but I love to eat. I would want to be able to conjure yummy and healthy meals by wiggling my nose!

Quotes by Jessica Parker Kennedy

My parents were lured to America by the democracy here promised. In our family, freedom was a word to conjure by. Hoping for larger privileges for the growing family of children, they brought them to the New World, the world...

Quotes by Jenkin Lloyd Jones

It's a horrible name, Coldplay. It doesn't conjure up any positive thoughts.

Quotes by Ian Brown

Me Quotes

I believe there's more than this - that maybe, when we die, our brains conjure up some kind of shutdown experience, and that's what people try to sum up as the afterlife.

Quotes by Flying Lotus

It's hard for me to assess what I brought because each time you pick up a camera and point it at a person, you're trying to define that person so to talk generally is difficult because I have to think...

Quotes by Eve Arnold

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.

Quotes by Diane Ackerman

If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.

Quotes by Deval Patrick

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.

Quotes by Amy Tan

Mind Quotes

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.

Quotes by Alexander Alekhine

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Conjure quotes page about?
These quotes focus on imagination and memory, describing how people conjure ideas, images, or entire worlds in their minds. A couple of examples come from filmmaking, and one is more personal.
Why do people search for conjure quotes?
Readers often search for these while exploring creativity, memory techniques, or the language of imagination in art and film. The word's vivid, almost magical feel also draws interest on its own.
Is the memory palace technique explained in these quotes?
Yes, one quote describes the "journey method" or memory palace, where a person conjures a familiar space and fills it with images to remember, a technique also touched on our Mind quotes page. It's a concrete example of conjuring used as a memory tool.
Do any quotes connect conjuring to filmmaking specifically?
Yes, one quote explains how a studio setting lets a filmmaker conjure a full atmosphere of escapism more freely than shooting on location. Another describes motion capture used to conjure fantastical action on screen.
Is there a more personal or emotional use of the word conjure here?
Yes, one quote reflects on needing to conjure a mother's presence again after losing her, imagining what she would have advised. It's the most personal and reflective quote in the collection.

A director's use of motion capture is described as a way to conjure fantastical action and sweeping vistas on screen. A more personal quote reflects on needing to conjure a mother's presence again after losing her.