logo

Quotes About Essence

whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived
~ Baruch Spinoza
I have said that the soul is not more than the body, And I have said that the body is not more than the soul, And nothing, not God, is greater to one than one's-self is,
~ Walt Whitman
The sacred soul is full of God's spirit.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Good design means as little design as possible.
~ Dieter Rams
Bold simplicity is the keynote to good design.
~ Sailor Jerry
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
~ Raymond Chandler
Good design is not an applied veneer.
~ Raymond Loewy
Since beings desire to exist, because to exist is a good thing: they desire the One without which they cannot exist.
~ Nicholas of Cusa
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
~ Moliere
A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.
~ Thomas Carlyle
For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.
~ Cai Guo-Qiang
The essence of good taste is a sense of values, and a sense of values is the pivotal point of good living.
~ Millicent Fenwick
The old, old gospel is the newest thing in the world; in its very essence it is for ever good news.
~ Charles Spurgeon
When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.
~ Flannery O'Connor
Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character.
~ John Larroquette
What counts in a good story is the person inside. Keep it simple.
~ Paulo Coelho
The essence of good government is trust.
~ Kathleen Sebelius
I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.
~ Howard Berman
You will make a lousy anybody else, but you will be the best "you" in existence.
~ Zig Ziglar
The great artist is the simplifier.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.
~ Clive Owen
The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.
~ Laozi
Like great art, something essential dies when great jokes are explained. So what's the key to telling a good joke/creating great art timing.
~ Travis Nichols
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
~ George Herbert