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Essence Quotes - Page 41

This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence.

William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908). “Views and reviews; essays in appreciation: I. Literature. II. Art”

Rapidity is the essence of war.

Sun Tzu (2012). “The Art of War”, p.180, e-artnow

The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.

Samuel Johnson (1819). “The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works”, p.201

Love - this is the essence of life. But you will not give your life to another.

"Model's Web rants pined for love" by Veronika Belenkaya and Brian Harmon, www.nydailynews.com. June 29, 2008.

We are equal inhabitants of a paradise of individuals in which everybody has the right to be understood.

Richard Rorty (1991). “Essays on Heidegger and Others: Philosophical Papers”, p.75, Cambridge University Press

The purposeful destruction of information is the essence of intelligent work.

Ray Kurzweil (2000). “The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence”, p.99, Penguin