--- title: "Great Abstract Proverbs" description: "Browse 1,403 Abstract quotes by 1,054 authors. Discover the best Abstract sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/frank-moore-cross-14963_abstract_if-i-had-to-choose-between-the-two-ways_63639.jpg" --- > [If I had to choose between the two ways of approaching the deity, I should prefer the existential relational way, to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-moore-cross/if-i-had-to-choose-between-the-two-ways-of-approaching-the-deity-i/) [Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-moore-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/frank-moore-cross-14963_abstract_if-i-had-to-choose-between-the-two-ways_63639.jpg) > [I must confess that I and a few others are burdened with heavy responsibilities regarding the future of criticism. 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Its roots are here, all around us, in this herd that goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-lukyanenko/there-is-no-abstract-evil-you-have-to-understand-that-its-roots-are/) [Sergei Lukyanenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-lukyanenko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/sergei-lukyanenko-4246_abstract_there-is-no-abstract-evil-you-have-to-un_2788542.png) ## Top authors on Abstract - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-james-95592.jpg) William James 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/william-james/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robert-motherwell-80075.jpg) Robert Motherwell 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/robert-motherwell/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alfred-north-whitehead-11331.jpg) Alfred North Whitehead 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/alfred-north-whitehead/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alex-pettyfer-10853.jpg) Ada Lovelace 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/ada-lovelace/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-willem-de-kooning-95128.jpg) Willem de Kooning 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/willem-de-kooning/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roy-lichtenstein-81519.jpg) Roy Lichtenstein 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/roy-lichtenstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gerhard-richter-38308.jpg) Gerhard Richter 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/gerhard-richter/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lynch-27713.jpg) David Lynch 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/david-lynch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/barack-obama/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/#itemlist", "name": "Abstract Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I had to choose between the two ways of approaching the deity, I should prefer the existential relational way, to the abstract philosophical way. 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