#essence

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface. ↗

— Constantin Brancusi

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The main thing in acting is honesty, to feel the humanity and get to the essence of the character. You can't put anything into a character that you haven't got within you. ↗

— Genevieve Bujold

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That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence. ↗

— Avicenna

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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ↗

— Nnamdi Azikiwe

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Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object. ↗

— Henry Fuseli

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I love spring flowers: daffodils and hyacinths are the ultimate flower for me. They are the essence of spring. ↗

— Kirsty Gallacher

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In essence, the science of agronomy is inseparable from biology. ↗

— Trofim Lysenko

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Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human. ↗

— Antonio Machado

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What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude. ↗

— Marcel Marceau

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The best and noblest parts of man depend precious little on culture, education, and whatever else it is called. One can never have enough respect for true humanity as it is visible in the persons of the totally uneducated classes, and never enough humility if one sometimes believes one is superior to them. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

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