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Convey Quotes

Words on expression, meaning, and communication

These convey quotes explore the effort behind expression, whether spirits attempting to reach the living or painters trying to share their vision of the world. Several admit that words alone are not always Able to capture the full picture.

With voice over work, you need to convey as much emotion as you can without making any physical movements, so it's hard. You've got to visualize everything.

Quotes by Jake T. Austin

How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?

Quotes by Henry Martyn

A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind.

Quotes by Henry Mayhew

My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original setting... but at the same time give the human touch to convey to my public the reverence and elevation these subjects impart to me.

Quotes by Henry Ossawa Tanner

You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask.

Quotes by Helena Bonham Carter

When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body.

Quotes by Helena Christensen

One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.

Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

Hillary Clinton became secretary of state under Barack Obama. It's hard to convey just how stunningly cynical she has been on Colombia: In 2008, running against Obama, she opposed, in unambiguous terms, a free-trade deal with Colombia.

Quotes by Greg Grandin

Scientists are always the ones who head into the ocean, but I want to take writers and politicians, people who can convey the beauty that is there and perhaps do something to take care of it.

Quotes by Graham Hawkes

What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves,...

Quotes by George Martin

I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.

Quotes by Garrett Neff

I think that if you can convey a kind of a complexity, a mystery, a truth in stillness, that, to me, is really worth striving for, and I totally agree with Michael Fassbender in that less is more. If it's...

Quotes by Gabriel Byrne

Jeezy just recognized my grind, and I jumped on board with him to enhance it. Artistically, we're in the same mind frame. We come from very similar backgrounds - poverty. That's something that we can both relate to, something that...

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

To our brothers in Latin America and the world, we must convey that the Cuban people will overcome.

Quotes by Fidel Castro

Voice acting is very different from live-action. You only have one tool to convey emotion. You can't sell a line with a look. It's all about your vocal instrument.

Quotes by Felicia Day

From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning.

Quotes by Eyvind Johnson

Suspensions convey the critical message to students and parents that certain behavior is inconsistent with being a member of the school community. Pretend suspensions, in which a student is allowed to remain in the school community, do not convey that...

Quotes by Eva Moskowitz

In the end, a new Americanization movement can't just be about listing our privileges and immunities, which we catalog in our laws. It also has to be about reinforcing our duties, which we convey in our habits.

Quotes by Eric Liu

Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, 'Gee, that actually made sense.' But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding.

Quotes by Eliot Spitzer

The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness.

Quotes by Edwin Booth

Frequently Asked Questions

What's this Convey quotes collection about?
This page gathers quotes about the struggle and purpose of conveying meaning — through film, music, painting, and words themselves. It circles around the idea that some things are genuinely hard to express fully, no matter the medium. For more on expressing meaning through art, see Good.
Why do people search for convey quotes?
People often look for convey quotes when writing about creative expression or communication, especially the challenge of putting something deeply felt into words or art. Others are drawn to quotes that compare different mediums, like painting versus vision. It connects with Able for readers thinking about what expression can and can't achieve.
Is there a quote here comparing art to another kind of perception?
Yes — the quote comparing a painter's job in showing us the world as they see it to an eye doctor's job in helping us see the world as it truly is offers a thoughtful parallel between artistic and clinical perception. It's a layered pick for captions about how differently people interpret reality. That comparison is one of the more intellectually rich entries here.
What about a quote on the limits of words themselves?
The line arguing that language on its own can never fully capture the depths of the soul or the grandeur of the human spirit speaks to the limits of language when facing something truly profound. It's a strong choice for captions about experiences that feel bigger than what can be said. That humility about language's limits gives it real weight.
What's useful about reading the whole Convey collection?
Together, these quotes show conveying meaning as a challenge across film, music, painting, and plain language, which helps illustrate why creative work often falls short of fully capturing intention. That shared struggle across mediums is what ties the collection together. For more on expression and meaning, Life and Me are worth exploring too.

Others describe music and faith as vehicles for conveying something deeper about Life. For related themes, see our Good quotes collection.