#essentially

Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order. ↗

— Maurice Denis

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The biologists have essentially been pushed aside. Al Gore's just an opportunist. The person who is really responsible for this overestimate of global warming is Jim Hansen. He consistently exaggerates all the dangers. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#aside #been #biologists #consistently #dangers

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#greatest #poem #states #themselves #united

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing. ↗

— Janet Erskine Stuart

#best #essentially #ourselves #remain #same

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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If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#dwell #essentially #had #happy #happy childhood

The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel. ↗

— Piet Mondrian

#channel #essentially #humble #position

I have three degrees in history and only one in law, but since I came back to specialize in constitutional law where history is so essentially a part and an explanation of much that exists, the two disciplines blended very well. ↗

— Frank Scott

#blended #came #constitutional #degrees #disciplines

People essentially like local news better than network news. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#essentially #like #local #local news #network

Essentially, I'm untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing. ↗

— Christian Bale

#go #going #i #i can #imagination