"a strong impression of" is correct and usable in written English.
The phrase can be used to describe a lasting emotional or physical impact that a person or thing has made. For example: "After her speech, she left behind a strong impression of compassion and determination."
It's more that people don't have a strong impression of who you are, of what's at your core.
I guess I have such a strong impression of her from having read her books so many times.
Like Shakespeare's plays, "The Canterbury Tales" convey a strong impression of the author's detachment from his own creation.
I met him once, in 1999, after he won the David Cohen prize, but was left with only a strong impression of courtliness, charm and reserve.
It will give a strong impression of the overall picture, but the race is so close the actual result could still be within the margin of error.
(A) Identical cross-modal flankers (pure-tone here) presented asynchronously with the visual flashes resulted in a strong impression of motion (indicated by the heavy red arrows).
The early works had made a strong impression on some of the best minds of the time; they remain required reading for everyone wishing to understand positive philosophy, as they are still among the best introductions to the subject.
All the same, the ill-fated voyage seems to have made a strong impression on three of the four brothers.
Though the suit was eventually dropped, it left a strong impression on one of the respondents, Simon Fraser University professor Stephen Collis.
It appears that a history of past and on-going gene conversion events has left a strong impression on the patterns of genetic variation within and among paralogs of GOT1 in T. californicus.
The article made a strong impression on a small group of intellectuals and scientists, and it led to the formation of a small group called the Teleological Society.
