Abstract Quote by Alain de Lille

All good art is abstract.

— John Newman

All good art is abstract in its structure.

— Paul Strand

Art is only abstract when you look the other way.

— Karen Elizabeth Gordon

I think, basically, I'm an abstract artist. I just think that that's not even an issue. I think everything's abstract.

— Julian Schnabel

The abstract expressionists had that thing of, subject matter becomes content, content becomes form. And I always thought there was no room for style.…

— Alex Katz

Abstract is not a style. I simply want to make a surface work. This is just a use of space and form: it's an…

— Joan Mitchell

The works of 'abstract' art are subtle creations of order out of simple contrasting elements.

— Jan Tschichold

The only way to say what abstract is, is to say what it is not.

— Ad Reinhardt

I try to make concrete that which is abstract.

— Juan Gris

When you're working with an object, you can put in almost anything you want, you can make it abstract.

— Claes Oldenburg

I guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract.

— Joaquin Phoenix

The abstract, especially in those rough sketches, is very important to me, perhaps because of my advertising background, where layout is so important. Sometimes…

— Tom of Finland