The essence of the life of Walt Disney, dreamer, innovator, entrepreneur and protean exporter of American culture--and dead for 40 years this month--has eluded biographers.

FORBES: Magazine Article

After all, he could not possibly have imagined that the power to inspect a mite would one day lead to the power to inspect, and even manipulate, the subatomic particles that are the very essence of life itself.

ECONOMIST: Small things often hold big secrets

He was tickled pink when he saw all of the, in essence, applause that he was suddenly getting again and it really perked up his life till the very end.

NPR: Having a Ball with Juan Garcia Esquivel

First and foremost, my practice seeks out the inner life -- the essence -- of my subjects, whether they be human or inanimate.

CNN: 'Neighbors': Both anonymous and intimate

As Hemingway said you want a symbol, here's a symbol that everybody who reads Life magazine, the essence of middlebrow America in the 50s, will understand and applaud.

NPR: The Enduring Depths of 'Old Man and the Sea'

But the film's singular essence is its evocation of the scintillating intellect, the immature judgment and the emotional maelstrom that constitute Oliver's inner life.

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