Abstract Quotes

741 quotes by 593 authors

I'm really creating abstract shapes and relationships that work together. They come together and give the illusion of reality, but they're really abstract shapes. If… — John Newman
Nature or, that which I see, inspires me, puts me, as with any painter, in an emotional state so that an urge comes about to… — Piet Mondrian
A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily in any 'story'… — John F. Carlson
Whoever thought the immediate alternates with the immediate action is not an abstract painter. — Pierre Alechinsky
The abstract has no emotional content... the abstract is more powerful the more abstract it is. — Cecil Balmond
When realistic images or patterns are seen in an abstract painting, they are often parallels brought about by processes in painting which echo processes in… — Walter Darby Bannard
Great paintings have gradations, large and small... They serve to lift the subject off the two-dimensionality of the canvas. Gradations are an essential abstract convention. — Robert Genn
Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the… — Robert Genn
An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action. — Robert Genn
Abstract art is a creative interplay between the conscious and the unconscious, with the conscious mind making all the final decisions and in control throughout. — Lawren Harris
There are opposing forces in all living things. My work reflects this and stirs up a contrast of emotions in the viewer... perception versus annoyance.… — Eugene J. Martin
If you seek just a little truth, as most, you should not ignore abstract forms, the basis from which all short-lived experiences we call reality… — Eugene J. Martin
I honestly believe students of painting in the next century will laugh at the abstract art movement. They will marvel at such a drawn-out regression… — Richard Schmid
After being an Impressionist, Cubist, and an Abstract Expressionist, I was influenced by realistic artists, including Andrew Wyeth in the late '50s, and I haven't… — Robert Bateman
If I didn't have a conviction that a serious painter can portray Nature more profoundly than the best colour photography, I'd probably give it all… — E. J. Hughes
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I got very interested in people who had discovered something more significant than ... intellectual, abstract understanding. — Steve Jobs
I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis. Intuition is a very powerful… — Steve Jobs
Tenderness can be just as abstract as insanity. — David

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