“My talent lies in the expression of my life and creative power through light, colour and form. As a painter I can convey the essence of life.” I CanLightFormLyingCreativeTalentExpressionEssencePainterColourCreative PowerEssence Of Life Author:Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
“I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope, if you ramble off... As my friend Julius Lester says, A picture book is the essence of an experience.” IfsWritingI CanBookWalkingMy FriendsEssencePicture BooksJulius Author:Patricia MacLachlan
“I can readily conceive of a man without hands or feet; and I could conceive of him without a head, if experience had not taught me that by this he thinks, Thought then, is the essence of man, and without this we cannot conceive of him.” IfsThinkingMenI CanHandsFeetTaughtEssenceI Can Read Book:Thoughts on religion, and other subjects Source: Thoughts on religion, and other subjects
“With a few exceptions, Fellini's films have failure and despair running through them: Life continues, but I can't imagine 'Felliniesque' as an exclusively uplifting adjective. Fellini's best films are the ones that distill this essence -- the paradoxical quality of melancholic ecstasy, a surreal, bittersweet vitality -- to perfection.” I CanRunningFilmQualityImagineDespairPerfectionEssenceUpliftingExceptionEcstasyVitalitySurrealBittersweetAdjectivesParadoxicalBest Film Author:Damian Pettigrew
“I consider being female such a unique gift, such a sacred joy, in ways that run so deep I can't articulate them. It's a special kind of privilege to be born into the body you wanted, to embrace the essence of your gender even as you recognize what you are up against. Even as you seek to redefine it.” WayKindI CanBodyRunningWantedJoyBornSpecialUniqueFemaleEssenceSacredEmbracePrivilegeGenderUnique Gifts Book:Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Source: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's
“I'm not a psychologist, and I don't know how to play a more sophisticated role than the one that I have played for quite a few years, and that is spending a lot of time with these hard-working scientists in the various fields of expertise that relate to the climate crisis, learning as fully as I can the truths they are discovering, asking them to explain it in language that's simple enough for me to understand and then use that language to convey the essence of it, and then letting the chips fall where they may.” KnowsYearsMayI CanHardEnoughPlayUseFallLanguageSimpleRolesKnow HowFieldsHard WorkEssenceScientistAskingCrisisClimateVariousSpendingRelateDiscoveringSophisticatedChipsExpertisePsychologist Author:Al Gore
“The longer I stay clean, the better my beats are getting and the easier it is to zero in on one idea. Because I really want to, often, try to get an idea across. I can really get to the essence of a song better if I'm clean and I'm not waking up with a hangover.” IfsWantTryingI CanIdeasSongEasierBeatsEssenceWake UpCleanZeroWakingHangover Author:Larry Tee
“To me songwriting is more like redemption. I can extract the poison or the pollen, the essence from a situation and the rest becomes a husk that blows away.” I CanSituationEssenceBlowRedemptionPoisonSongwritingPollen Author:Beth Orton
“I have no memory for things I have learned, nor things I have read, nor things experienced or heard, neither for people nor events; I feel that I have experienced nothing, learned nothing, that I actually know less than the average schoolboy, and that what I do know is superficial, and that every second question is beyond me. I am incapable of thinking deliberately; my thoughts run into a wall. I can grasp the essence of things in isolation, but I am quite incapable of coherent, unbroken thinking. I can't even tell a story properly; in fact, I can scarcely talk.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsI CanFactsStoriesRunningMemoriesHeardEventsWallEssenceAverageIsolationI Have LearnedIncapableSuperficialMy ThoughtsEvery SecondUnbrokenNo Memory Author:Franz Kafka
“I'm not Martin Luther King. I can't be Martin Luther King. The only thing I can do is present what I feel the essence of Martin Luther King is.” FeelsI CanCan DoKingsEssenceLuther Author:Anthony Mackie
“I'm still totally going out and sleeping on people's floors so I can play a house show and give away music. Of course I would. That's how I started. All that sort of stuff reminds you to stay true to the essence of what art is about.” PeopleGivingArtStillsI CanPlayShowsCoursesHouseStuffSleepArt IsEssenceGoing OutStay True Author:Geoff Rickly
“I can't impersonate someone. That is not what I do. I can only take someone's essence and create a character out of that.” I CanCharacterEssenceImpersonate Author:Naomie Harris
“Education is fundamental. And I know some aren't blessed to be afforded the luxury, 'cause as sad as it is in 2016, it is still a luxury. I'd say when you're young, look for someone, an older woman, you'd like to emulate. Not necessarily her career, but the soul and essence of that woman. I use women like Susan Taylor and Tyra Banks to girdle me up so I can find my own strength and forge my own path.” KnowsLooksStillsI CanSoulUseYoungCausesMy OwnCareersPathEssenceBlessedFundamentalsLuxuryEmulateOlder WomenGirdles Author:Eva Marcille
“I look for the essence of a story and a human angle that I think audiences can relate to. I also look at how the dialogues flow in the film as a whole and between the characters, and most importantly I always consider what I can bring to the character from a creative point of view.” ThinkingHumansLooksI CanWholeCharacterStoriesFilmViewsAudienceCreativeFlowEssencePoint Of ViewDialogueRelateAngle Author:Hrithik Roshan
“The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.” MindI CanRememberSpiritualNamesIssuesTeachingEssenceAriseEngagedTensionFundamentalismSpiritual Teaching Author:Radhanath Swami
“I always asked for forgiveness for my sins right away but I never accepted it until I felt right that I had suffered enough to pay for it. God revealed to me what I was doing how much unnecessary pain I was causing myself. He even showed me that what I was doing was an insult to Jesus that in essence I was saying Lord the sacrifice of Your life and blood was good but not good enough. I must add my work of feeling guilty before I can be forgiven.” I CanEnoughFeelingsPainJesusFeltSinPayLordSacrificeBloodEssenceAddAcceptedGuiltyInsultGood EnoughUnnecessaryForgivenNot Good EnoughFeeling Guilty Author:Joyce Meyer
“The more truthful I am with myself and others, the more my conscience is clear and tranquil. Thus, I can more thoroughly and unequivocally inhabit the present moment and accept everything that happens without fear, knowing that what goes around comes around (the law of karma). Ethical morality and self-discipline represent the good ground, or stable basis. Mindful awareness is the skillful and efficacious grow-path, or way. Wisdom and compassion constitute the fruit, or result. This is the essence of Buddhism [...]” WayI CanSelfMomentsHappensLawGrowsResultsCompassionAcceptingKnowingPathClearAwarenessBuddhismDisciplineMoralityConscienceEssenceBasesFruitKarmaPresent MomentEthicalStableTruthfulSelf DisciplineTranquilSkillfulGoes Around Comes AroundLaw Of Karma Author:Surya Das
“I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and shadows play upon the banking, wheeling wings, I am completely, vibrantly alive. With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.” MadeI CanPlayHandsFacesLife IsSongLeftAliveAirFeetShadowEssenceWingsSticksFlightAviationEnginesSunlightBankingWhisperingRuddersI Am AliveThrottleWheeling Author:Stephen Coonts
“The greatest thing you can do for another being is to provide the unconditional love that comes from making contact with that place in them that is beyond conditions, which is just pure consciousness, pure essence. That is, once we acknowledge each other as existing, just being here, just being, then each of us is free to change optimally. If I can just love you because here we are, then you are free to grow as you need to grow.” IfsNeedsI CanGrowsCan DoConsciousnessConditionsLove YouPureEssenceContactAcknowledgeUnconditional LoveJust BeingUnconditional Author:Ram Dass
“With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.” MadeI CanHandsLife IsLeftFeetEssenceSticksRuddersThrottleWheeling Author:Stephen Coonts
“I'm totally crazy, I know that. I don't say that to be a smartass, but I know that that's the very essence of what makes my work good. And I know my work is good. Not everybody likes it, that's fine. I don't do it for everybody. Or anybody. I do it because I can't not do it.” KnowsI CanCrazyFineEssenceLikesBecause I CanSmartass Author:Maurice Sendak
“I know perfectly well that only in happy instants am I lucky enough to lose myself in my work. The painter-poet feels that his true immutable essence comes from that invisible realm that offers him an image of reality....I feel that I do not exist in time, but that time exists in me. I can also realize that it is not given to me to solve the mystery of art in an absolute fashion. Nonetheless, I am almost brought to believe that I am about to get my hands on the divine.” KnowsFeelsBelieveWellsArtI CanEnoughHandsRealityGivenRealizingLosesMysteryFashionDivinePoetOffersLuckyEssenceAbsolutesSolveInvisiblePainterRealmsInstant Author:Carlo Carra