Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the…

“Fiction should be specific rather than general, because people are specific.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.

— Diane Arbus

We speak of concrete and not abstract painting because nothing is more concrete, more real than a line, a color, a surface.

— Theo van Doesburg

Constructions of a-rhythmical forms, the clash between concrete and abstract forms... ...The acute angle is passionate and dynamic, expressing will and a penetrating force.

— Carlo Carra

“The second general division of names is into concrete and abstract. A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract…

— John Stuart Mill

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 the listener…

— M. Ward

I try to make concrete that which is abstract.

— Juan Gris

From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies.

— Pablo Picasso

“trying to convert an existing class from concrete to abstract by pushing just the concrete parts down into a new subclass, you might accidentally…

— Anonymous