Doe Quote by Flannery O'Connor

Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague.

— Vincent Van Gogh

“Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the vague, the concrete to the abstract.”

— William Strunk Jr

“To generalize is to be an idiot," said Blake. Perhaps he went too far. But to generalize is to be a finite mind. Generalities…

— C.S. Lewis

It is the basic evasion of the essential which is the problem of man.

— Wilhelm Reich

The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

— Robert Collier

This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance.

— Anonymous

What is essential does not die but clarifies.

— Thornton Wilder

...the source of all great mathematics is the special case, the concrete example. It is frequent in mathematics that every instance of a concept…

— Paul Halmos

“The unseen essential can be described in many ways and comes in many forms, but is always preceded by virtue.”

— Bryant McGill

“For we may remark generally of our mathematical researches, that these auxiliary quantities, these long and difficult calculations into which we are often drawn,…

— Louis Poinsot

“The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few…

— Greg McKeown

“The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few…

— Greg McKeown