There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Abstract ideas are the patterns two or more memories have in common. — Rudolf Flesch Copy Share Image
I never had the... common anxiety as to whether abstract painting had a given 'meaning. — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
When individuals and nations have once got in their heads the abstract concept of full-blown liberty, there is nothing like it in… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Art has to be incredibly layered. Symbols, signifiers... layers that relate. Combine signifiers with more abstract notions. Push! Vary lines. — Kay WalkingStick Copy Share Image
Everything you do is political, even if it's abstract. You're making a political statement even if it's unwittingly. — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
Pacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
You don't approach a case with the philosophy of applying abstract justice-you go in to win — Percy Foreman Copy Share Image
We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually. — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Politicians of all stripes are always in danger at looking at every problem from an abstract point of view or being briefed… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that… — Auberon Herbert Copy Share Image
To realize life in the abstract as noble or beautiful or humane, to set it forth so with radiance upon it, that… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external,… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
I think, for a lot of people, men or women, it's easy to have things not affect you because, it doesn't affect… — Jonathan Van Ness Copy Share Image
Ludicrous concepts…like the whole idea of a 'war on terrorism'. You can wage war against another country, or on a national group… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
Artists with a capital 'A' are at ease working in all areas of art, whether it is a contemporary abstract painting or… — Igor Babailov Copy Share Image
The only other things I got from the abstract expressionists is the absolute belief that this canvas is the complete total area… — Aaron Siskind Copy Share Image
If I would had been born years earlier, I would have been in all the Westerns. It's just the way that the… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
I think animation is a very truthful way to express your thoughts, because the process is very direct. That's what I've always… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
To be brutally honest, for much of that time, I was the only person in the world with Parkinson's. Of course, I… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
In ordinary life, we are not aware of the unity of all things, but divide the world into separate objects and events.… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
We humans have a wide range of abilities that help us perceive and analyze mathematical content. We perceive abstract notions not just… — William Thurston Copy Share Image
We must cultivate and defend particularity, individuality, and irregularity-life. Human beings do not have a future in the collectivism of bureaucratic states… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I think the most important work that is going on has to do with the search for very general and abstract features… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I began in 1976, with small abstract paintings that allowed me to do what I had never let myself do: put something… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
