By stripping down an image to essential meaning, an artist can simplify that meaning. Votes: 3
All professions, all work, all activity in the human world finds its essential meaning in the context of a people's cosmic story. Votes: 3
A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers. Votes: 3
The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad. Votes: 3
Will a nominee embrace and uphold the essential meaning of the four words inscribed above the entrance of the Supreme Court building: Equal justice under law? Votes: 3
All you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about what is upon it. The real and essential meaning of "virtue" is that straightness of back. Votes: 3
And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness, all our lives win in our union with him the individuality which is essential to their true meaning. Votes: 1
It seems essential to try to find some meaning to life and I guess Jungian philosophy is the one that's helped me understand myself and the world more than anything else. Votes: 1
Abstract painting seeks to be a pure pictorial language, and thus attempts to escape the essential impurity of all languages: the recourse to signs or forms that have meanings shared by everyone. Votes: 1
Singing in Spanish is much more honest, much closer to my roots. For me, Spanish is essential. I still think in Spanish, dream in Spanish. It's the melodies and arrangements that transmit meaning. Votes: 1
Before the people at large, and for that matter, the artists themselves, understand what photography really means, as I understand that term, it is essential for them to be taught the real meaning of art. Votes: 1
Hope is life's essential nutrient, and love is what gives life meaning Votes: 0
The profound meaning of music's essential aim... is to produce a communion, a union of man with his fellow man with the Supreme Being Votes: 0
A good teacher does not get lost in the details, but points to what is essential so that the child or student can find meaning and joy in life. Votes: 0
And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness all our lives win in our union with him the individuality which is essential to their true meaning. Votes: 0
Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers. Votes: 3 Anne Lamott
Meaning is not in things but in between them. Votes: 4 Norman O. Brown