quintessential• And this august body of quintessential back-room people must now press loudly and firmly for this to happen.• New York is the quintessential big city.• In Paris, the quintessential city of freedom and discretion, he could lead a double life.• They stood, she thought, the quintessential family, looking out from their sanctuary into the vague but hopefulunknown.• It was the quintessentialKnightroster: No superstars, but balanced, cohesive and, above all, consistent.• Thus Rosalind Krauss can argue that photography is the quintessential surrealist art form.