Even the recognition of an individual whom we see every day is only possible as the result of an abstract idea of… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
While it may be impossible to 'disprove' the existence of some 'Higher Power' or abstract Creator, it is entirely possible — through… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
Electronic music lends itself to an abstract way of storytelling, so it keeps evolving. Theres a whole movement truly driving music further… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
We speak of 'software eating the world,' 'the Internet of Things,' and we massify 'data' by declaring it 'Big.' But these concepts… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
Fear is the deep motive of abstract art - fear of a repellent civilization which is dominated by the power of things.… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
I paint; I draw and paint - I've been doing that since I was in third grade, drawing realistically and then changing… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
It's not about facts, it's about feelings. It's about remembering feelings and happiness. A definition of art is that it makes concrete… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
I think people feel very comfortable reviewing the idea of me, as opposed to what I've actually written. Most of the time,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Philosophers are not honest enough in their work, although they make a lot of virtuous noise when the problem of truthfulness is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I suspect that any worthwhile exploration of these deep questions about living requires going beyond abstract discussions to the vivid presentation of… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
An immoderate fondness for dress, for pleasure, and for sway, are the passions of savages; the passions that occupy those uncivilized beings… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
The notion that a society could be regulated entirely by market forces is a utopian fantasy: an impossible dream generated by imagining… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
Clearly, mythology is no toy for children. Nor is it a matter of archaic, merely scholarly concern, of no moment to modern… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Ambient music is my favorite art form because there's no interface. It just commands you how to feel. There's no suggestion of… — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
The thinking of the one, therefore, will be determined by eternal truth, the actions of the other more by the practical reality… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
When you start to really travel and you get to these abstract like places in the world, you would see certain people's… — Ice T Copy Share Image
There is only one '' principle that can preserve a free society: namely, the strict prevention of all coercion except in the… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
Abstract sympathy with the working class as an economic entity is easy, but the feeling can vanish on contact with actual members… — George Packer Copy Share Image
When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived… — Marshall Ganz Copy Share Image
That's what I always loved about [Federico] Fellini's films: You see the weird joy of the weird filmmaking family and the abstract… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
I want people to know what it is they're looking at. But at the same time, the closer they get to the… — Jenny Saville Copy Share Image
The smaller the instrument or more hidden it is such as electronics, the more esoteric it becomes and in my mind becomes… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
When we talk about violence, we're talking about the destruction of the human body, and I don't lose sight of that. In… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
I make my songs slightly abstract so that people can interpret them their own way. I think that's a lot more special,… — Eliot Sumner Copy Share Image
My connection with Brazil is so abstract. My blood and my way of thinking is Brazilian, but that's it. I don't tend… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Reich described the redirection of unmet desires as sublimation, in which natural libidinal urges and raw bodily drives for connection and release… — Laurence Galian Copy Share Image
And when I say permanent afternoon, you know, I’m talking like crystal clear, crispy blue sky. All the sudden you didn’t need… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
These days people believe they can go into art and make a living. We didn't have that. The abstract expressionists were older,… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is… — Rafael Vinoly Copy Share Image
Every political sect has its esoteric and its exoteric school--its abstract doctrines for the initiated; its visible symbols, its imposing forms, its… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
It all depends on the directors. Working closely with a director is the main job of a film composer. Interpreting what he… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to… — Harland Williams Copy Share Image
In the civil society, the individual is recognized and accepted as more than an abstract statistic or faceless member of some group;… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these… — Alexander Calder Copy Share Image
I like using concrete imagery, but I don't feel that's what it's about. It's a combination of concrete and abstract to take… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
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