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> [Critical (i.e., separating) methods apply only to the world-as-nature. It would be easier to break up a theme of Beethoven with dissecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-spengler/critical-i-e-separating-methods-apply-only-to-the-world-as-nature-it/)

[Oswald Spengler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-spengler/)

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> [Israel defined its God and its relation to that God in existential, relational terms. They did not, until quite late, approach the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/israel-defined-its-god-and-its-relation-to-that-god-in-existential/)

[Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/)

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> [Often kids in a computer lab learn about word-processing, but if they want to write an essay, they write it by hand.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-papert/often-kids-in-a-computer-lab-learn-about-word-processing-but-if-they/)

[Seymour Papert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-papert/)

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> [I'm a creature of adaptation. I take advantage of the second and the moment. My comedy breathes; it's not really that predictable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-davidson/i-m-a-creature-of-adaptation-i-take-advantage-of-the-second-and-the/)

[Tommy Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-davidson/)

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> [There's a literal track: who says what to whom, what are people wearing, etcetera. And there's the abstract track: what ideas are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-wiseman/there-s-a-literal-track-who-says-what-to-whom-what-are-people-wearing/)

[Frederick Wiseman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-wiseman/)

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> [The trouble with much of the advice business is getting today about the need to be more vigorously creative is, essentially, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-levitt/the-trouble-with-much-of-the-advice-business-is-getting-today-about/)

[Theodore Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-levitt/)

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> [Black and white is a very minimalist art form and unlike color photographs does not pretend to mimic the world in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/black-and-white-is-a-very-minimalist-art-form-and-unlike-color/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

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> [Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/arithmetic-has-a-very-great-and-elevating-effect-compelling-the-soul/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [Words can enhance experience, but they can also take so much away. We see an insect and at once we abstract certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/words-can-enhance-experience-but-they-can-also-take-so-much-away-we/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

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> [Raymond Hendler exhibited a group of abstract paintings that displayed rare high spirits. Using a great deal of fresh white, Hendler devised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dore-ashton/raymond-hendler-exhibited-a-group-of-abstract-paintings-that/)

Dore Ashton

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> [It is a mistake to think of these men as visionary dreamers, playing around at Philadelphia with abstract conceptions of political theory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rodell/it-is-a-mistake-to-think-of-these-men-as-visionary-dreamers-playing/)

[Fred Rodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rodell/)

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> [Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/each-pursues-his-private-interest-and-only-his-private-interest-and/)

[Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/)

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> [ Science gains from it \[the pendulum\] more than one can expect. With its huge dimensions, the apparatus presents qualities that one would… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/science-gains-from-it-the-pendulum-more-than-one-can-expect-with-its/)

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

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> [The difference between what we see and a sheet of white paper with a few thin lines on it is very great.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-clark/the-difference-between-what-we-see-and-a-sheet-of-white-paper-with-a/)

[Kenneth Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-clark/)

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> [Like a stool which needs three legs to be stable, mathematics education needs three components: good problems, with many of them being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-askey/like-a-stool-which-needs-three-legs-to-be-stable-mathematics/)

[Richard Askey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-askey/)

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> [There is something myopic and stunted in focussing only on the meaning of words and sentences. And this myopia is especially unfortunate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-e-cooper/there-is-something-myopic-and-stunted-in-focussing-only-on-the/)

[David E. Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-e-cooper/)

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> [At Columbia there's no performing arts department, so I was searching for it everywhere I could, and I took some photography classes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-gyllenhaal/at-columbia-there-s-no-performing-arts-department-so-i-was-searching/)

[Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-gyllenhaal/)

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> [The southern German has the imagination and emotionality to subscribe to a fanatic ideology, but he is ordinarily inhibited from excesses by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-seyss-inquart/the-southern-german-has-the-imagination-and-emotionality-to-subscribe/)

[Arthur Seyss-Inquart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-seyss-inquart/)

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> [Absurdity is my favorite brand of humor because deep down inside, in our subconscious, it's all surrealism. It's all abstract. The world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/weyes-blood/absurdity-is-my-favorite-brand-of-humor-because-deep-down-inside-in/)

[Weyes Blood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/weyes-blood/)

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> [Sometimes I would open my eyes when we were kissing, I would watch him and I could see it. I could actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tiffanie-debartolo/sometimes-i-would-open-my-eyes-when-we-were-kissing-i-would-watch-him/)

[Tiffanie DeBartolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tiffanie-debartolo/)

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> [I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/i-know-that-when-i-finish-a-drawing-my-anxiety-level-decreases-the/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

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> [A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-carlson/a-work-of-art-in-paint-should-be-beautiful-and-expressive-as-abstract/)

[John F. Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-carlson/)

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> [I loved and protected my own children like a fierce mama bear, but one of them died anyway. It was a dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-sheehan/i-loved-and-protected-my-own-children-like-a-fierce-mama-bear-but-one/)

[Cindy Sheehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-sheehan/)

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> [Philosophy is not in a state of external reflection on other domains, but in a state of active and internal alliance with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilles-deleuze/philosophy-is-not-in-a-state-of-external-reflection-on-other-domains/)

[Gilles Deleuze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilles-deleuze/)

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> [Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes... Abstract art enables the artist to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arshile-gorky/abstraction-allows-man-to-see-with-his-mind-what-he-cannot-physically/)

[Arshile Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arshile-gorky/)

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> [I can't actually explain why my lines got shorter, but they did. Just as I can't explain why my early poems were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-orr/i-can-t-actually-explain-why-my-lines-got-shorter-but-they-did-just/)

[Gregory Orr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-orr/)

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> [I would be constantly brought up on the carpet by these teachers who were brought up with Abstract Expressionism, saying, "You're too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-laffoley/i-would-be-constantly-brought-up-on-the-carpet-by-these-teachers-who/)

[Paul Laffoley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-laffoley/)

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> [In my view, the most damaging evils that are perpetrated upon us are through some abstract notion about good, where we're willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-stock/in-my-view-the-most-damaging-evils-that-are-perpetrated-upon-us-are/)

[Gregory Stock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-stock/)

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> [While massive datasets may feel very abstract, they are intricately linked to physical place and human culture. And places, like people, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-crawford/while-massive-datasets-may-feel-very-abstract-they-are-intricately/)

[Kate Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-crawford/)

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> [Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality -- for mine was a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-windling/fairy-tales-were-not-my-escape-from-reality-as-a-child-rather-they/)

[Terri Windling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-windling/)

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> [The sickness of indulging desires can be treated, but the sickness of clinging to abstract principles is hard to treat. Obstacles presented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zicheng-hong/the-sickness-of-indulging-desires-can-be-treated-but-the-sickness-of/)

[Zicheng Hong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zicheng-hong/)

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> [The novels have done so well because the drawings are abstract, black-and-white. This adds to the universality of the story. "Persepolis" also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/the-novels-have-done-so-well-because-the-drawings-are-abstract-black/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

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> [To elevate abstract doctrines and dogmas over living, breathing, embodied experiences of God's love and grace, then, is going the wrong direction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/to-elevate-abstract-doctrines-and-dogmas-over-living-breathing/)

[Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/)

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> [The Internet is just an abstract place. Sure, I've become part of that in some way, but it's hard for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-gosling/the-internet-is-just-an-abstract-place-sure-i-ve-become-part-of-that/)

[Ryan Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-gosling/)

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> [For the surf idol Duke Kahanamoku portrait, which I created for the Surfrider Foundation, I took a photo from a book cover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-van-hamersveld/for-the-surf-idol-duke-kahanamoku-portrait-which-i-created-for-the/)

[John Van Hamersveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-van-hamersveld/)

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> [I'm interested in color belonging to something, where it takes on a completely new kind of vibrancy, rather than being what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/euan-uglow/i-m-interested-in-color-belonging-to-something-where-it-takes-on-a/)

Euan Uglow

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> [ He \[Professor Moriarty\] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/he-professor-moriarty-is-the-napoleon-of-crime-watson-he-is-the/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/they-lyrical-content-has-grown-more-introspective-and-less-abstract-i/)

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

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> [Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/screenwriting-is-always-about-what-people-say-or-do-whereas-good/)

[David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/)

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> [A tendency toward the abstract is inherent in linear expression: graphic imagery being confined to outlines has a fairy-like quality and at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-klee/a-tendency-toward-the-abstract-is-inherent-in-linear-expression/)

[Paul Klee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-klee/)

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                        "text": "Science gains from it [the pendulum] more than one can expect. With its huge dimensions, the apparatus presents qualities that one would try in vain to communicate by constructing it on a small [scale], no matter how carefully. Already the regularity of its motion promises the most conclusive results. One collects numbers that, compared with the predictions of theory, permit one to appreciate how far the true pendulum approximates or differs from the abstract system called 'the simple pendulum'.",
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