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title: "Famous Abstract Wisdom"
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> [I never talk about my money! It is interesting how awkward it is to talk about it, even though I talk about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallie-krawcheck/i-never-talk-about-my-money-it-is-interesting-how-awkward-it-is-to/)

[Sallie Krawcheck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallie-krawcheck/)

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> [Freedom is an abstract offshoot. You can't describe freedom. How can you describe it? I tried and I failed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/freedom-is-an-abstract-offshoot-you-can-t-describe-freedom-how-can/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

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> [I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virgil-thomson/i-never-learned-to-verbalize-an-abstract-musical-concept-no-thank-you/)

[Virgil Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virgil-thomson/)

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> [The mind is inherently embodied. Thought is mostly unconscious. Abstract concepts are largely metaphorical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-lakoff/the-mind-is-inherently-embodied-thought-is-mostly-unconscious/)

[George Lakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-lakoff/)

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> [Blaming TV as an abstract entity is nonsensical. It's our hand on the remote. There's a world out there outside the tube.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/blaming-tv-as-an-abstract-entity-is-nonsensical-it-s-our-hand-on-the/)

[Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/)

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> [ It \[abstract art\] should be enjoyed just as music is enjoyed after a while you may like it or you may not. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackson-pollock/it-abstract-art-should-be-enjoyed-just-as-music-is-enjoyed-after-a/)

[Jackson Pollock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackson-pollock/)

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> [I want kids to live through this character I've created. I want them to say that they are Kevin Abstract because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-abstract/i-want-kids-to-live-through-this-character-i-ve-created-i-want-them/)

[Kevin Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-abstract/)

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> [The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-h-peterson/the-role-of-the-pastor-is-to-embody-the-gospel-and-of-course-to-get/)

[Eugene H. Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-h-peterson/)

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> [My response, a dubious and hesitant one, is that it has been and may continue to be, in the time that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-coetzee-2/my-response-a-dubious-and-hesitant-one-is-that-it-has-been-and-may/)

[J. M. Coetzee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-coetzee-2/)

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> [A philosopher of imposing stature doesn't think in a vacuum. Even his most abstract ideas are, to some extent, conditioned by what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/a-philosopher-of-imposing-stature-doesn-t-think-in-a-vacuum-even-his/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ripley/we-shall-suffer-no-attachment-to-literature-no-taste-for-abstract/)

[George Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ripley/)

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> [I'm not religious in any way but I am very spiritual. Music is holy to me. It's like my religion. It's sacred.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banks/i-m-not-religious-in-any-way-but-i-am-very-spiritual-music-is-holy-to/)

[BANKS](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banks/)

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> [Nowadays nobody bothers, and it is considered in slightly bad taste to even raise the question of God's existence. Matters of religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-searle/nowadays-nobody-bothers-and-it-is-considered-in-slightly-bad-taste-to/)

[John Searle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-searle/)

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> [ It's unfortunate that \[Louis\] Brandeis was not able to translate or abstract his devotion to cultural pluralism and racial equality as he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/it-s-unfortunate-that-louis-brandeis-was-not-able-to-translate-or/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

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> [Mengistu does not understand the meaning of self-determination, either historically or in the abstract. He cannot conceive of a nation as anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mengistu-haile-mariam/mengistu-does-not-understand-the-meaning-of-self-determination-either/)

[Mengistu Haile Mariam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mengistu-haile-mariam/)

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> [Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally he is ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/man-has-such-a-predilection-for-systems-and-abstract-deductions-that/)

[Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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> [It might be suggested, and not easily disproven that anything, no matter how exotic, can be believed by someone. On the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/it-might-be-suggested-and-not-easily-disproven-that-anything-no/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

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> [What we grieve for is not the loss of a grand vision, but rather the loss of common things, events and gestures……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/what-we-grieve-for-is-not-the-loss-of-a-grand-vision-but-rather-the/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

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> [Let me see: art and activism. I can always fall back on, "the question should be, what isn't political? Everything you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/let-me-see-art-and-activism-i-can-always-fall-back-on-the-question/)

[Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/)

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> [I respect the social graces enormously. How to pass the food. Don't yell from one room to another. Don't go through a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-respect-the-social-graces-enormously-how-to-pass-the-food-don-t/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

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> [I never wavered in my certainty that God did not exist. I was simply liberated by the thought that there might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/i-never-wavered-in-my-certainty-that-god-did-not-exist-i-was-simply/)

[Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/)

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> [The popular and scientific views of "race" no longer coincide. The word "race," as applied scientifically to human groupings, has lost any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-huxley/the-popular-and-scientific-views-of-race-no-longer-coincide-the-word/)

[Julian Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-huxley/)

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> [Mark Tobey fills his canvases with elliptical, calligraphic lines, beautiful whirls that seem at first glance to be completely abstract and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rollo-may/mark-tobey-fills-his-canvases-with-elliptical-calligraphic-lines/)

[Rollo May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rollo-may/)

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> [Obama's attitude toward the rule of law is apparent in the words he used to describe what he is looking for in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-barone/obama-s-attitude-toward-the-rule-of-law-is-apparent-in-the-words-he/)

[Michael Barone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-barone/)

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> [I think that if you can turn off the mind and look only with the eyes, ultimately everything becomes abstract.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellsworth-kelly/i-think-that-if-you-can-turn-off-the-mind-and-look-only-with-the-eyes/)

[Ellsworth Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellsworth-kelly/)

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> [Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/exclusively-of-the-abstract-sciences-the-largest-and-worthiest/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

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> [Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/our-biggest-challenge-in-this-new-century-is-to-take-an-idea-that/)

[Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/)

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> [The inner and outer, the visible and invisible, the abstract and concrete - you've got to get the balance right (not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-equi/the-inner-and-outer-the-visible-and-invisible-the-abstract-and/)

[Elaine Equi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-equi/)

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> [Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/yes-i-did-i-mean-i-painted-er-in-a-kind-of-abstract-expressionist-way/)

[David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/)

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> [History is representational, while time is abstract; both of these artifices may be found in museums, where they span everybody's own vacancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smithson/history-is-representational-while-time-is-abstract-both-of-these/)

[Robert Smithson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smithson/)

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> ['Austerity' is a real weasel word because it's an attempt to make something value-based and abstract out of something which, in reality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/austerity-is-a-real-weasel-word-because-it-s-an-attempt-to-make/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

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> [The works of 'abstract' art are subtle creations of order out of simple contrasting elements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-tschichold/the-works-of-abstract-art-are-subtle-creations-of-order-out-of-simple/)

[Jan Tschichold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-tschichold/)

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> [And in this passion for understanding her soul lay close to his; she had him all to herself. But he must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-in-this-passion-for-understanding-her-soul-lay-close-to-his-she/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The common willing of a common world is an eminently practical undertaking and not in the least abstract.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kemmis/the-common-willing-of-a-common-world-is-an-eminently-practical/)

[Daniel Kemmis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kemmis/)

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> [It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/it-is-this-union-of-passionate-interest-in-the-detailed-facts-with/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/from-the-point-of-view-of-art-there-are-no-concrete-or-abstract-forms/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

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> [The irrational may be attractive in the abstract, but not in cab drives, dinner guests, or elderly relatives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-cooley/the-irrational-may-be-attractive-in-the-abstract-but-not-in-cab/)

[Mason Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-cooley/)

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> [My guard stood hard when abstract threats, too noble to neglect, deceived me into thinking, I had something to protect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/my-guard-stood-hard-when-abstract-threats-too-noble-to-neglect/)

[Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/)

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> [I am convinced that abstract form, imagery, color, texture, and material convey meaning equal to or greater than words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mccoy/i-am-convinced-that-abstract-form-imagery-color-texture-and-material/)

[Katherine McCoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mccoy/)

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> [I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-ritts/i-abstract-it-in-my-photographs-i-like-large-planes-and-spaces-areas/)

[Herb Ritts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-ritts/)

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                        "text": "I never wavered in my certainty that God did not exist. I was simply liberated by the thought that there might be a way to engage with religion without having to subscribe to its supernatural content - a way, to put it in more abstract terms, to think about Fathers without upsetting my respectful memory of my own father. I recognized that my continuing resistance to theories of an afterlife or of heavenly residents was no justification for giving up on the music, buildings, prayers, rituals, feasts, shrines, pilgrimages, communal meals and illustrated manuscripts of the faiths.",
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                        "text": "The popular and scientific views of \"race\" no longer coincide. The word \"race,\" as applied scientifically to human groupings, has lost any sharpness of meaning. To-day it is hardly definable in scientific terms, except as an abstract concept which may, under certain conditions, very different from those now prevalent, have been realized approximately in the past and might, under certain other but equally different conditions, be realized in the distant future.",
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                        "text": "Mark Tobey fills his canvases with elliptical, calligraphic lines, beautiful whirls that seem at first glance to be completely abstract and to come from nowhere at all except his own subjective musing. But I shall never forget how struck I was, on visiting Tobey's studio one day, to see strewn around books on astronomy and photographs of the Milky Way. I knew then that Tobey experiences the movement of the stars and solar constellations as the external pole of his encounter.",
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                        "text": "Obama's attitude toward the rule of law is apparent in the words he used to describe what he is looking for in a nominee to replace Justice David Souter. He wants 'someone who understands justice is not just about some abstract legal theory,' he said, but someone who has 'empathy.' In other words, judges should decide cases so that the right people win, not according to the rule of law.",
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                        "text": "Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality for all the world's people",
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                        "text": "The inner and outer, the visible and invisible, the abstract and concrete - you've got to get the balance right (not that I do, but it's something to aim for).",
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                        "text": "History is representational, while time is abstract; both of these artifices may be found in museums, where they span everybody's own vacancy",
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