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title: "Famous Abstract Thoughts"
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> [The best thing you can say about libertarians is that because their views derive from abstract theory, they tend to be highly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-weisberg/the-best-thing-you-can-say-about-libertarians-is-that-because-their/)

[Jacob Weisberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-weisberg/)

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> [She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/she-was-good-at-playing-abstract-confusion-in-the-same-way-that-a/)

[Clive James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-james/)

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> [Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ugo-betti/sisterly-love-is-of-all-sentiments-the-most-abstract-nature-does-not/)

[Ugo Betti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ugo-betti/)

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> [With abstract work, I never was quite sure what it was that felt right about the painting, but I did know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-wagner/with-abstract-work-i-never-was-quite-sure-what-it-was-that-felt-right/)

[Kurt Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-wagner/)

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> [Beauty is a type of art everyone is trying to perfect, but no one realizes it's abstract art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keaton-stromberg/beauty-is-a-type-of-art-everyone-is-trying-to-perfect-but-no-one/)

[Keaton Stromberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keaton-stromberg/)

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> [People think of security as a noun, something you go buy. In reality, it's an abstract concept like happiness. Openness is unbelievably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gosling/people-think-of-security-as-a-noun-something-you-go-buy-in-reality-it/)

[James Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gosling/)

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> [My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-bernhard/my-father-was-a-proctologist-and-my-mother-was-an-abstract-artist-so/)

[Sandra Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-bernhard/)

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> [I don’t abstract from anything.…I am involved with real space, the room itself, real light, and real surface.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ryman/i-don-t-abstract-from-anything-i-am-involved-with-real-space-the-room/)

[Robert Ryman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ryman/)

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> [Modern abstract art starts in Russia in about 1915 with Malevich, and then the Russian Revolution happens, and eventually all that experimental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/modern-abstract-art-starts-in-russia-in-about-1915-with-malevich-and/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

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> [Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-riley/out-of-doing-all-that-experimentation-with-sound-i-decided-i-wanted/)

[Terry Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-riley/)

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> [Christ did not found an abstract religion, a mere school of religious thought. He setup a community of apostles, of teachers, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/christ-did-not-found-an-abstract-religion-a-mere-school-of-religious/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

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> [If I didn't have a conviction that a serious painter can portray Nature more profoundly than the best colour photography, I'd probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-hughes/if-i-didn-t-have-a-conviction-that-a-serious-painter-can-portray/)

[E. J. Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-hughes/)

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> [Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract for he must create his own work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-diebenkorn/abstract-means-literally-to-draw-from-or-separate-in-this-sense-every/)

[Richard Diebenkorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-diebenkorn/)

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> [Out of time we cut 'days' and 'nights', 'summers' and 'winters.' We say what, each part of the sensible continuum is, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/out-of-time-we-cut-days-and-nights-summers-and-winters-we-say-what/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [My paintings are inspirational for they allow the observer to experience infinite viewpoints and perceptions. They are not abstract for they represent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freydoon-rassouli/my-paintings-are-inspirational-for-they-allow-the-observer-to/)

[Freydoon Rassouli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freydoon-rassouli/)

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> [For Singapore, its test for its own democracy must be whether it fit and serve the interests of its people and conditions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goh-chok-tong/for-singapore-its-test-for-its-own-democracy-must-be-whether-it-fit/)

[Goh Chok Tong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goh-chok-tong/)

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> [The one object of fifty years of abstract art is to present art-as-art and as nothing else, to make it into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ad-reinhardt/the-one-object-of-fifty-years-of-abstract-art-is-to-present-art-as/)

[Ad Reinhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ad-reinhardt/)

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> [The application of psychoanalysis to sociology must definitely guard against the mistake of wanting to give psychoanalytic answers where economic, technical, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-application-of-psychoanalysis-to-sociology-must-definitely-guard/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

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> [Jazz musicians like John Coltrane needed these very clear titles for their abstract music, and your decision to bring voices into your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-ligon/jazz-musicians-like-john-coltrane-needed-these-very-clear-titles-for/)

[Glenn Ligon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-ligon/)

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> [I think that metaphor really is a key to explaining thought and language. The human mind comes equipped with an ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/i-think-that-metaphor-really-is-a-key-to-explaining-thought-and/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [When you're playing a spirit from another dimension, you really can do anything and get as abstract as you want and still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-cage/when-you-re-playing-a-spirit-from-another-dimension-you-really-can-do/)

[Nicolas Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-cage/)

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> [The rejection of all abstract formalism. Materialism reminds every science of its real source: the world men transform. No science can, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-althusser/the-rejection-of-all-abstract-formalism-materialism-reminds-every/)

[Louis Althusser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-althusser/)

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> [He'll be delivered from madness. What then? He'll feel himself acceptable! What then? Do you think feelings like his can be simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-shaffer/he-ll-be-delivered-from-madness-what-then-he-ll-feel-himself/)

[Peter Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-shaffer/)

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> [life's kind of like a painting. A really bizarre, abstract painting. You could look at it and think that all it is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecelia-ahern/life-s-kind-of-like-a-painting-a-really-bizarre-abstract-painting-you/)

[Cecelia Ahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecelia-ahern/)

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> [I have always tried to write in a simple way, using down-to-earth and not abstract words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/i-have-always-tried-to-write-in-a-simple-way-using-down-to-earth-and/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

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> [My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/my-powers-of-empathy-my-ability-to-reach-into-another-s-heart-cannot/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [People understand what art is supposed to look like, and so it's easy to make something that looks like art but isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucien-smith/people-understand-what-art-is-supposed-to-look-like-and-so-it-s-easy/)

[Lucien Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucien-smith/)

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> [You like it, that's all, whether it's a landscape or abstract. You like it. It hits you. You don't have to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clement-greenberg/you-like-it-that-s-all-whether-it-s-a-landscape-or-abstract-you-like/)

[Clement Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clement-greenberg/)

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> [You can write very obtuse and abstract lyrics, and if they want to, people are going to find something amazing that you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/girl-talk/you-can-write-very-obtuse-and-abstract-lyrics-and-if-they-want-to/)

[Girl Talk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/girl-talk/)

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> [I apologize if there's a Parkinson's painter in the audience. I assume you do your best work in the morning. Probably gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tosh/i-apologize-if-there-s-a-parkinson-s-painter-in-the-audience-i-assume/)

[Daniel Tosh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tosh/)

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> [I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/i-say-a-murder-is-abstract-you-pull-the-trigger-and-after-that-you-do/)

[Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/)

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> [The average development time for a Hollywood movie is nine years. Nine years for a studio film. And a lot of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/the-average-development-time-for-a-hollywood-movie-is-nine-years-nine/)

[Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/)

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> [... I shall go on making sublime and philosophical discoveries, and employing myself in deep, abstract studies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-hester-stanhope/i-shall-go-on-making-sublime-and-philosophical-discoveries-and/)

[Lady Hester Stanhope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-hester-stanhope/)

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> [The idea of being published was such an abstract thing in the beginning. It wasn't even an option in my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-todd/the-idea-of-being-published-was-such-an-abstract-thing-in-the/)

[Anna Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-todd/)

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> [When realistic images or patterns are seen in an abstract painting, they are often parallels brought about by processes in painting which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-darby-bannard/when-realistic-images-or-patterns-are-seen-in-an-abstract-painting/)

[Walter Darby Bannard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-darby-bannard/)

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> [My notion's to think of the human beings first and let the abstract ideas take care of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/my-notion-s-to-think-of-the-human-beings-first-and-let-the-abstract/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [There's no way that scientists can ever rule out religion, or even have anything significant to say about the abstract idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-greene/there-s-no-way-that-scientists-can-ever-rule-out-religion-or-even/)

[Brian Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-greene/)

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> [His gaze brushed over her, abstract and hungry. "You burn so very brightly, you know" "Yeah," she muttered. "You said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-caine/his-gaze-brushed-over-her-abstract-and-hungry-you-burn-so-very/)

[Rachel Caine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-caine/)

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> [Abstract expressionism was the first American art that was filled with anger as well as beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/abstract-expressionism-was-the-first-american-art-that-was-filled/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

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> [People weep at music all the time, because music gives form to some abstract level of integration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bradley/people-weep-at-music-all-the-time-because-music-gives-form-to-some/)

[Joe Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bradley/)

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                        "text": "He'll be delivered from madness. What then? He'll feel himself acceptable! What then? Do you think feelings like his can be simply re-attached, like plasters? Stuck on to other objects we select? Look at him! ... My desire might be to make this boy an ardent husband - a caring citizen - a worshipper of abstract and unifying God. My achievement, however, is more likely to make a ghost!",
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                        "text": "I apologize if there's a Parkinson's painter in the audience. I assume you do your best work in the morning. Probably gets abstract by noon.",
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