Sentence examples for declaration of the essence from inspiring English sources

"The 2013 crop comprises an unplanned, if not accidental, collective declaration of the essence of the cinema, an art of images and sounds that, at their best, don't exist to tell a story or to tantalize the audience (though they may well do so) but, rather, to reflect a crisis in the life of the filmmaker and the state of the artist's mind or, even, soul".

"It was an investigation: Who are we, and how did we become the way we are?" The text of the book starts with a simple but telling declaration — "The essence of a portrait has more to do with enigma than with certainty" — and this conflict between seeing and not seeing emerges gradually throughout.

The tattoo is a surface design affecting mere appearance; but it is also permanent, a declaration of unchanging essence.

"Speed is of the essence.

Speed was of the essence.

Time was of the essence.

Speed is of the essence here.

"But time is of the essence".

Survival was of the essence.

And time was of the essence!

Patience is of the essence".