Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.

Of course I'm older now. I'm in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for 'Car Wheels' or 'Essence' or whatever. Different things were going on.

Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

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

If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort to your own attitude to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other people's then that must feel pretty good.

The very essence of the creative is its novelty and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

The essence of all beautiful art all great art is gratitude.

No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do.

Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?