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title: "Top Abstract Words"
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> [Artists with a capital 'A' are at ease working in all areas of art, whether it is a contemporary abstract painting or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-babailov/artists-with-a-capital-a-are-at-ease-working-in-all-areas-of-art/)

[Igor Babailov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-babailov/)

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> [Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-sacks/music-uniquely-among-the-arts-is-both-completely-abstract-and-2/)

[Oliver Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-sacks/)

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> [I think, for a lot of people, men or women, it's easy to have things not affect you because, it doesn't affect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-van-ness/i-think-for-a-lot-of-people-men-or-women-it-s-easy-to-have-things-not/)

[Jonathan Van Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-van-ness/)

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> [I'm trying not to delve into my world of abstraction and self-indulgence. But I haven't. When I sit down and I try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-krug/i-m-trying-not-to-delve-into-my-world-of-abstraction-and-self/)

[Spencer Krug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-krug/)

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> [It seems to me, that the only Objects of the abstract Sciences or of Demonstration is Quantity and Number, and that all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/it-seems-to-me-that-the-only-objects-of-the-abstract-sciences-or-of/)

[David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/)

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> [Part of what I love about games is that, even if you're best friends with somebody, it gives you these sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-sommer/part-of-what-i-love-about-games-is-that-even-if-you-re-best-friends/)

[Rich Sommer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-sommer/)

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> [I want to see abstract art move. Especially in the '30s, you had animators doing innovative work, and I was entranced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-want-to-see-abstract-art-move-especially-in-the-30s-you-had/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

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> [We all have our own takes on things. To being yourself. The abstract, the whole thing that I play with, seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/q-tip/we-all-have-our-own-takes-on-things-to-being-yourself-the-abstract/)

[Q-Tip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/q-tip/)

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> [As far as life is concerned, there is no such thing as "Nature". There are only homes. Home is that environment to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/as-far-as-life-is-concerned-there-is-no-such-thing-as-nature-there/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

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> [Global inequality is such an abstract concept, simply because there is no global government. Telling people in rich countries who have had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/branko-milanovic/global-inequality-is-such-an-abstract-concept-simply-because-there-is/)

[Branko Milanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/branko-milanovic/)

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> [The only thing I collect is art. I collect it because I like looking at it. A lot of it is really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-hanna/the-only-thing-i-collect-is-art-i-collect-it-because-i-like-looking/)

[Kathleen Hanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-hanna/)

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> [The culturally specific, in particular, the American porch play that American writers have cherished and loved for many years in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-daldry/the-culturally-specific-in-particular-the-american-porch-play-that/)

[Stephen Daldry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-daldry/)

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> [Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/poets-are-not-so-scrupulous-as-you-are-they-know-how-useful-passion/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [One of the problems with watching TV is that you've got a fairly low level of language operating all the time. Quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/one-of-the-problems-with-watching-tv-is-that-you-ve-got-a-fairly-low/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

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> [Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. Man's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-william-fulbright/educational-exchange-can-turn-nations-into-people-contributing-as-no/)

[J. William Fulbright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-william-fulbright/)

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> [We can hardly say that the Pharisees had an accurate ‘knowledge’ of man when they pointed to the sins (the real sins)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-c-berkouwer-3/we-can-hardly-say-that-the-pharisees-had-an-accurate-knowledge-of-man/)

[G. C. Berkouwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-c-berkouwer-3/)

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> [ Intellectually, perspective \[drawing\] is a breakthrough, because here, for the first time, the physical space we live in is being depicted as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudy-rucker/intellectually-perspective-drawing-is-a-breakthrough-because-here-for/)

[Rudy Rucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudy-rucker/)

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> [A right , in the abstract, is a fact ; it is not a thing to be given, established, or conferred; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/a-right-in-the-abstract-is-a-fact-it-is-not-a-thing-to-be-given/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

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> [I am sure I was an evolutionist in the abstract, or by the quality and complexion of my mind, before I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/i-am-sure-i-was-an-evolutionist-in-the-abstract-or-by-the-quality-and/)

[John Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burroughs/)

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> [In a sense, a cyborg has no origin story in the Western sense – a ‘final’ irony since the cyborg is also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-j-haraway/in-a-sense-a-cyborg-has-no-origin-story-in-the-western-sense-a-final/)

[Donna J. Haraway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-j-haraway/)

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> [What interests me is all the stuff that goes into abstract and abstract-figurative art. Not the styles, but the stuff that, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-askew/what-interests-me-is-all-the-stuff-that-goes-into-abstract-and/)

[Ed Askew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-askew/)

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> [I'm interested in producing truncated shapes in proportion to the frame and composition, shapes that are preferably luminous. I'm not interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-gibson/i-m-interested-in-producing-truncated-shapes-in-proportion-to-the/)

[Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-gibson/)

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> [The Human subject is the most important thing. My work is abstract in the sense of having been designed and composed, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-lawrence/the-human-subject-is-the-most-important-thing-my-work-is-abstract-in/)

[Jacob Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-lawrence/)

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> [Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics, which gives us equations, not for abstract figures, triangles, squares, and the like, but for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-pound/poetry-is-a-sort-of-inspired-mathematics-which-gives-us-equations-not/)

[Ezra Pound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-pound/)

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> [I like things that reach a little further and are a little more abstract, but I don't think that's what I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-adams/i-like-things-that-reach-a-little-further-and-are-a-little-more/)

[Ryan Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-adams/)

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> [I've always said that I expected to grow up and get married like any nice southern girl, but the fact is you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/condoleezza-rice/i-ve-always-said-that-i-expected-to-grow-up-and-get-married-like-any/)

[Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/condoleezza-rice/)

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> [Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-macaulay/language-the-machine-of-the-poet-is-best-fitted-for-his-purpose-in/)

[Thomas B. Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-b-macaulay/)

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> [“A picture is worth a thousand words, but the way I paint I'm going to need to contact an editor. Even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-schmidt/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-but-the-way-i-paint-i-m-going-to/)

[James Lee Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-schmidt/)

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> [Let woman's claim be as broad in the concrete as the abstract. We take our stand on the solidarity of humanity, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-julia-cooper/let-woman-s-claim-be-as-broad-in-the-concrete-as-the-abstract-we-take-2/)

[Anna Julia Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-julia-cooper/)

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> [At first the difference will be in whatever atmosphere I bring into it. It's not going to be like, 'I really want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/at-first-the-difference-will-be-in-whatever-atmosphere-i-bring-into/)

[Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/)

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> [To realize life in the abstract as noble or beautiful or humane, to set it forth so with radiance upon it, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-edward-woodberry/to-realize-life-in-the-abstract-as-noble-or-beautiful-or-humane-to/)

[George Edward Woodberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-edward-woodberry/)

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> [Whatever their limitations, Freud and Marx developed complex and subtle theories of human nature grounded in their observation of individual and social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-willis/whatever-their-limitations-freud-and-marx-developed-complex-and/)

[Ellen Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-willis/)

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> [Not only the individual experience slowly acquired, but the accumulated experience of the race, organized in language, condensed in instruments and axioms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-henry-lewes/not-only-the-individual-experience-slowly-acquired-but-the/)

[George Henry Lewes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-henry-lewes/)

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> [Politicians of all stripes are always in danger at looking at every problem from an abstract point of view or being briefed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-chretien/politicians-of-all-stripes-are-always-in-danger-at-looking-at-every/)

[Jean Chretien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-chretien/)

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> [Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/do-you-not-see-first-that-as-a-mental-abstract-physical-force-is/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

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> [I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-it-s-important-to-recognize-that-you-can-t-have-100-per-cent/)

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

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> [But man is so addicted to systems and to abstract conclusions that he is prepared deliberately to distort the truth, to close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/but-man-is-so-addicted-to-systems-and-to-abstract-conclusions-that-he/)

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

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> [If we want to grow as teachers -- we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/if-we-want-to-grow-as-teachers-we-must-do-something-alien-to-academic/)

[Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/)

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> [When I write plays, I'm already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wole-soyinka/when-i-write-plays-i-m-already-seeing-the-shapes-on-stage-of-the/)

[Wole Soyinka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wole-soyinka/)

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> [As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies,as a form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-coetzee-2/as-you-see-i-do-not-treat-the-creation-of-fiction-that-to-say-the/)

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

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                        "text": "Global inequality is such an abstract concept, simply because there is no global government. Telling people in rich countries who have had no increase in real incomes, stagnant median wages and so on, that on the other hand global inequality is going down because people who are much poorer than them are getting richer - it's something that maybe they would like in an abstract sense, because everyone is happy there are fewer poor Chinese, but you may not be as happy if these Chinese are taking your job.",
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                        "text": "The culturally specific, in particular, the American porch play that American writers have cherished and loved for many years in terms of their new writing, has seemed to have very little relevance to a much more fast-flowing, abstract, experimental drama that has been emerging in [the UK]. The porch play, not to mention that thing of, Oops, I wasn't loved enough by my father, somehow didn't have the relevance in this country.",
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                        "text": "Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. They know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions.\" \"I hate them for it,\" cried Hallward. \"An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them. We live in an age when men treat art as if it were meant to be a form of autobiography. We have lost the abstract sense of beauty. Some day I will show the world what is it; and for that the world shall never see my portrait of Dorian Gray.",
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                        "text": "One of the problems with watching TV is that you've got a fairly low level of language operating all the time. Quite a small vocabulary and really no conceptual or abstract thinking. That's an issue. If you've got a wide vocabulary, you can learn. The complexities of grammar, in themselves, force you to think about time in a particular way. Force you to widen your outlook on the world.",
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                        "text": "Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. Man's capacity for decent behavior seems to vary directly with his perception of others as individual humans with human motives and feelings, whereas his capacity for barbarism seems related to his perception of an adversary in abstract terms, as the embodiment, that is, of some evil design or ideology.",
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