Essential Quotes

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Part of the triumph of modernist poetry is, indeed, to have demonstrated the great extent to which verse can do without explicit meaning and yet… — Clement Greenberg
In the new workplace, with its emphasis on flexibility, teams and a strong customer orientation, this crucial set of emotional competencies is becoming increasingly essential… — Daniel Goleman
I put a drop of lavender essential oil on my pillow before I go to sleep. — Melissa Joan Hart
It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action — Richard Holbrooke
Socialist democracy is not a luxury but an absolute, essential necessity for overthrowing capitalism and building socialism. — Ernest Mandel
The appearances of natural objects are in themselves meaningless; the essential thing is feeling - in itself and completely independent of the context in which… — Kazimir Malevich
Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference. — Martin O'Malley
I don't know what motivated the artist, which means that the paintings have an intrinsic quality. I think Goethe called it the 'essential dimension,' the… — Gerhard Richter
Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society. — Richard Hamming
The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code… — Richard M. Weaver
By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government. — Todd Akin
Copying is an art in itself, demanding the greatest technical ability, especially in watercolour. However well done, the copy invariably lacks that nascent, ineffable, but… — Walter J. Phillips
Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success. — Walter J. Phillips
The most interesting studio work, and perhaps the most practicable, is painting from pencil sketches and notes... It ensures the elimination of all facts but… — Walter J. Phillips
Chloride is essential for digestion and in respiration. Without sodium, which the body cannot manufacture, the body would be unable to transport nutrients or oxygen,… — Mark Kurlansky
The Anglo-Saxon has established himself in climates totally diverse - Canada, South Africa, and India - and, through several generations, has preserved his essential race… — Josiah Strong
Typing is an essential skill, but it can be painful. Some children just don't know where the letters are. Typing a three-page story, when they… — Susan Mitchell
Ultimately, growth is essential for increasing a company's value. — Stuart Rose
Optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation, — Robert Noyce
When you want to organize knowledge. you will be careful to base the classification upon essential qualities. You will thus derive classes in which the… — Barrows Dunham
The essential ingredients for relationship are affection and commitment. — Robert A. Johnson
Great paintings have gradations, large and small... They serve to lift the subject off the two-dimensionality of the canvas. Gradations are an essential abstract convention. — Robert Genn
Art is not an amusement, nor a distraction, nor is it, as many men maintain, an escape from life. On the contrary, it is a… — Lawren Harris
Experiences, much more than instruction, are a seeing with the inner eye - finding a channel to our essential inner life, a door to our… — Lawren Harris
Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education - if it were admitted that the great object is to read and… — Harriet Beecher Stowe

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