Abstract Quotes

741 quotes by 602 authors

Painting is... a richer language than words... Painting operates through signs which are not abstract and incorporeal like words. The signs of painting are much… — Jean Dubuffet
The force that propels the human spirit on the clear way forward and upward is the abstract spirit. — Wassily Kandinsky
I am an abstract artist in the sense that I abstract. I cannot be called non-figurative while I am still interested in the modern magic… — Sean William Scott
How badly I want that nameless thing! First there must be an idea, a feeling... Maybe it was an abstract idea that you've got to… — Emily Carr
When we talk about violence, we`re talking about the destruction of the human body, and I don`t lose sight of that. In general, my filmmaking… — David Cronenberg
You need language for thought, and you need language to anticipate death. There is no abstract thought without language and no anticipation. I think the… — David Cronenberg
Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and… — Terry Riley
It all depends on the directors. Working closely with a director is the main job of a film composer. Interpreting what he perceives as a… — Danny Elfman
Realism and Naturalism rely mostly on the eye of the flesh. Abstract, conceptual and surrealistic art rely mostly on the eye of the mind. Great… — Alex Grey
When I see people making 'abstract' painting, I think it's just a dialogue and a dialogue isn't enough. That is to say, there is you… — Philip Guston
One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The inner… — Edward Hopper
I am interested in the non-dramatic moments in life. I`m not at all attracted to making films that are about drama. A few years back,… — Jim Jarmusch
Abstract art places a new world, which on the surface has nothing to do with 'reality,' next to the 'real' world. — Wassily Kandinsky
I am fine, though it is hard to think of what kind of work to make at this point, other than decorative, escapist or abstract.… — Cindy Sherman
Abstract paintings must be as real as those created by the 16th century Italians. — Frank Stella
I want people to know what it is they're looking at. But at the same time, the closer they get to the painting, it's like… — Jenny Saville
Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern. They are immeasurable,… — Agnes Martin
Realism' has been abandoned in the search for reality: the 'principal objective' of abstract art is precisely this reality. — Ben Nicholson
We are not talking about a new cognition in relation to abstract art, rather a new area of cognition... — Asger Jorn
All good art is abstract. — John Newman

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