Abstract Quotes

741 quotes by 602 authors

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Each kid has a different level of expertise and some of them are very raw and inexperienced and some are incredibly mature and experienced. So… — David Cronenberg
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative… — Salvador Dali
All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs. — Denis Diderot
I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths… — James Dyson
'Look at Me' started with Rockford, Illinois and New York and the question of how much image culture was changing our inner lives. That's an… — Jennifer Egan
We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually. — Rahm Emanuel
Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight… — Paul Engle
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. — Epicurus
I was literally told for 'The Show Goes On' that I shouldn't rap too deep. I shouldn't be too lyrical. It just needs to be… — Lupe Fiasco
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. — Stephen Hawking
You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it… — Jim Henson
I mean, I find things that happened in real life to be the funniest - things that you observe instead of crazy abstract things, you… — Jonah Hill
When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the… — Damien Hirst
Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting. — David Hockney
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short. — Clive James
How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum. — Joseph Joubert
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his… — John Keats
The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract. — Ellen Key

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