Abstract Quotes

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It is a good deal easier for most people to state an abstract idea than to describe and thus re-create some object they actually see. — Flannery O'Connor
Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe. — John Polkinghorne
Intellectually, perspective [drawing] is a breakthrough, because here, for the first time, the physical space we live in is being depicted as ifit were an… — Rudy Rucker
Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it. — Mahatma Gandhi
In the abstract art of cooking, ingredients trump appliances, passion supersedes expertise, creativity triumphs over technique, spontaneity inspires invention, and wine makes even the worst… — Bob Blumer
We shall some day catch an abstract truth by the tail, and then we shall have our religion and our immortality. — Henry Adams
It is obvious that the most despotic forms of social organization would be suitable for inert men who are satisfied with the situation fate has… — Madame de Stael
Christ did not found an abstract religion, a mere school of religious thought. He setup a community of apostles, of teachers, with the task of… — Pope Paul VI
[T]he man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce… — Abraham Lincoln
Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections,… — Noah Webster
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They… — Thomas B. Macaulay
One of the fundamental reasons why so many doctors become cynical and disillusioned is precisely because, when the abstract idealism has worn thin, they are… — John Berger
There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to… — Laura Nyro
There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to… — Laura Nyro
If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to… — Wyndham Lewis
The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children. The mighty abstract idea I have of… — John Keats
I like using concrete imagery, but I don't feel that's what it's about. It's a combination of concrete and abstract to take the listener somewhere… — M. Ward
You're never quite sure where the song is going, because you might not find the word to rhyme with the end of the line. You… — Annie Lennox
Abstract: Careful review of a vast array of relevant evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that some unidentified flying objects are intelligently controlled vehicles whose… — Stanton T. Friedman
I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon… — Albert Einstein

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