Thinking - in particular abstract thinking, which most of us are introduced to through the study of mathematics and literature - helps… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
I felt the most intense pleasure in piercing the stone in order to make an abstract form and space; quite a different… — Barbara Hepworth Copy Share Image
Nature or, that which I see, inspires me, puts me, as with any painter, in an emotional state so that an urge… — Piet Mondrian Copy Share Image
When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them. We live in an age when… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good.… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they… — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There is seemingly so little love shared in this world, it is not surprising that we ask, "Where have all the lovers… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Happiness can seem like an abstract, transcendent notion, but in fact, I found that getting enough sleep (very important!!), getting exercise, not… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I have spent much time in the study of the abstract sciences; but the paucity of persons with whom you can communicate… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
This New Age is marking the dawn of a new world-thought. That new thought is a new cosmic concept of the value… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Iconic clothing has been secularized. . . . A guardsman in a dress uniform is ostensibly an icon of aggression; his coat… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
What I want to express is a feeling-various emotions that I am experiencing at the time-whether it is anger or hope or… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
In mathematical science, more than in all others, it happens that truths which are at one period the most abstract, and apparently… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
[My work] looks very cinematic because it's not abstract video art. It's sometimes very narrative and since I play with film grammar… — Nicolas Provost Copy Share Image
My stories often begin with a situation or character rather than an insight about the human condition. It's always been difficult for… — Karl Iagnemma Copy Share Image
The most significant moment in the course of intellectual development, which gives birth to the purely human forms of practical and abstract… — Lev Vygotsky Copy Share Image
Although a lot of my work on the mind has been rather abstract and philosophical, I'm interested in psychology and neuroscience and… — Tim Crane Copy Share Image
At times we would have these whole cities that would take up rooms and stretch out all over the house. But they… — Ellen Gallagher Copy Share Image
Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Can you design a Rorschach test that's going to make everyone feel something every time - and that looks like a Rorschach… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to suppose, with some philosophers of aesthetics, that art and poetry aim to deal with the general and… — Ernest Fenollosa Copy Share Image
The man who knows governments most completely is he who troubles himself least about a definition which shall give their essence. Enjoying… — William James Copy Share Image
Let your works not be interrupted by the stupidities happening in your own country! Work and walk on your true path ignoring… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I think games are a good medium for approaching any subject, particularly difficult ones, because by their very nature, they are abstract,… — Brenda Brathwaite Copy Share Image
Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or tree cannot make a good… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
In the abstract, it might be tempting to imagine that irreducible complexity simply requires multiple simultaneous mutations - that evolution might be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Abstract' literally means to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract... a realistic or nonobjective approach makes no… — Richard Diebenkorn Copy Share Image
I didn't see an abstract painting until I was 18, when I went to Vincent Price's house and saw Richard Niebencorn, Wolff,… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
Sawbeaked epitome of bodiless Idea, tossed by gusts of ether, dive Through abstract mists and raid the sea of fact Eat rich… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
Far be it for me to have worked it out in any abstract way. I don't know why the bull and Mrs.… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as the circumstances faded from… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Most great filmmakers are good at place. Like how people say, like, "The city itself is a character in the movie," you… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
The word of the Lord never comes to us as an opinion, no attempt is made to support it by argument, it… — Anthony W. Ivins Copy Share Image
The environment is rarely put on tape, or if it is, it's so abstract that most people never realize it. They just… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
How many of the people I know - sons and daughters - have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I am more greatly moved by people who struggle to express themselves...I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about Nature.'” quote by Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f3d/niels-bohr-4542_abstract_when-asked-about-an-underlying-quantum-w_1467547.jpg)
![“. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that if they were destroyed . . . old jobs and old ways of life could be preserved . . . At certain times in his life each man is tempted to become a…” quote by James A. Michener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/182/james-a-michener-1627_19th-century_luddites-were-those-frenzied-traditional_76909.jpg)
![“[My work] looks very cinematic because it's not abstract video art. It's sometimes very narrative and since I play with film grammar in my video work, making a feature film was almost the same challenge.” quote by Nicolas Provost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/601/nicolas-provost-76650_abstract_my-work-looks-very-cinematic-because-it_1671072.jpg)
