Woman" in the abstract is young, and, we assume, charming. As they get older they pass off the stage, somehow, into private… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
The idea of being published was such an abstract thing in the beginning. It wasn't even an option in my mind. — Anna Todd 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
I understand abstract art as an attempt to feed imagination with a world built through the basic sensations of the eyes. — Jean Helion Copy Share Image
What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
If you live in a democracy, it's very tiring to be always surrounded by great and high abstract generalisations which are, in… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
And while I was not an admirer of people in the specific, I liked them in the abstract. It is only the… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
People ask me this a lot, what a song's about.... I do think analyzing a song can be interesting, although it doesn't… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
As a general habit and general tendency, I prefer not to bog a piece down with a great number of transitory, contemporary… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Pictures, abstract symbols, materials, and colors are among the ingredients with which a designer or engineer works. To design is to discover… — Paul Rand Copy Share Image
The mind is inherently embodied. Thought is mostly unconscious. Abstract concepts are largely metaphorical. — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
As with most of my work, I started from the abstract, from research, building an intellectual model that slowly became internalized when… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I've always said that I expected to grow up and get married like any nice southern girl, but the fact is you… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
When a person you love dies, it doesn’t feel real. It’s like it’s happening to someone else. It’s someone else’s life. I’ve… — Jenny Han 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 art seems to be empty of meaning, as no doubt some of the abstract painting of our own day actually does… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
We're living in a high-tech world. So much of our stimulus and entertainment comes from things that are quite abstract and disembodied. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
My guard stood hard when abstract threats, too noble to neglect, deceived me into thinking, I had something to protect. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
With an abstract idea it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge, to become enthusiastic about it, and perhaps… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students… — Joshua L. Goldberg Copy Share Image
The abstract artist has given material existence to many unseen worlds and tempi. — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe. — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
“You need a body to preserve your soul, not a set of abstract principles.” — Ahmed Mostafa Copy Share Image
