Abstract Quotes

741 quotes by 593 authors

Abstract knowledge is not enough. At the end of the day, it's about how one reacts to circumstances in an extreme real-time situation. — Boaz Lavie
I like things that reach a little further and are a little more abstract, but I don't think that's what I do naturally well. How… — Ryan Adams
Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract, be they facts or be they principles, under penalty of endless inconsistency and… — William James
While those whom devotion to abstract discussions has rendered unobservant of the facts are too ready to dogmatize on the basis of a few observations. — Aristotle
Beauty too often sacrifices to fashion. The spirit of fashion is not the beautiful, but the wilful; not the graceful, but the fantastic; not the… — Leigh Hunt
There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract, but not for the concrete. — Helen Keller
From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies. — Pablo Picasso
I shall never forget what I saw at the Museum of Modern Art: in a spotless schoolroom, fifty little girls painting away at tables covered… — Jean Cocteau
Funerals are all abstract ceremony. — Chuck Palahniuk
When art seems to be empty of meaning, as no doubt some of the abstract painting of our own day actually does seem, what the… — Lewis Mumford
In a strict sense photography can never be abstract, for the camera is incapable of synthetic integration. — Ansel Adams
Combien de gens se font abstraits pour para?tre profonds! La plupart des termes abstraits sont des ombres qui cachent des vides. How many people become… — Joseph Joubert
I wanted to make abstract films that are emotional, and I still do. — George Lucas
The idea of space is given to the artist to change if he can. The subject matter in the abstract is space. — Willem de Kooning
Abstract art is uniquely modern. It is a fundamentally romantic response to modern life - rebellious, individualistic, unconventional, sensitive, irritable. — Robert Motherwell
Abstract expressionism was the first American art that was filled with anger as well as beauty. — Robert Motherwell
For a painter as abstract as myself, the collages offer a way of incorporating bits of the everyday world into pictures. — Robert Motherwell
I have been continuously aware that in painting, I am always dealing with... a relational structure. Which in turn makes permission 'to be abstract' no… — Robert Motherwell
It is sometimes forgotten how much wit there is in certain works of abstract art. There is a certain point in undergoing anguish when one… — Robert Motherwell
I never had the... common anxiety as to whether abstract painting had a given 'meaning. — Robert Motherwell

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