Abstract Quotes

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The abstract, especially in those rough sketches, is very important to me, perhaps because of my advertising background, where layout is so important. Sometimes those… — Tom of Finland
The church has long used the concept of sacraments--outward signs of inward grace--to name the spaces where God meets us in an especially present way.… — Lauren F. Winner
The abstraction, ostensibly, is simply for me the penetration of something that is more profound in many ways than rigidity of a form. A form… — Beauford Delaney
The abstract way we think is really grounded in the concrete, bodily world much more than we thought. — John Bargh
I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I know where I am when… — Gene Cernan
I am more greatly moved by people who struggle to express themselves...I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to… — Daniel Day-Lewis
We [Americans] move about the world arrogantly, calling wars when we want, overthrowing governments when we want. There is a price to be paid for… — Harry Belafonte
Say I feel all sad and self-indulgent, then get stung by a wasp, my misery feels quite abstract and I long just to be in… — Russell Brand
The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we allow to gather… — Bruce Lee
Everyone who makes films has to be an athlete to a certain degree because cinema does not come from abstract academic thinking; it comes from… — Werner Herzog
Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself. — Julia Stiles
The type of contract between players and producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and abstract in concept. We have no privacies which producers cannot… — Teresa Wright
A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted. — Thurston Moore
The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English, the French and… — Orlando Figes
The language of film is further and further away from the language of theater, and is closer to music. Itâ€™s abstract but still narrative. Everything… — Emmanuel Lubezki
Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do battle with God… — Dan B. Allender
Abstract art was the quivalent of poetic expression; I didnâ€™t need to use words,but colors and lines. I didnâ€™t need to belong to a language-oriented… — Etel Adnan
Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea. — Christopher Nolan
Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred, — Wendell Berry
Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality… — Kofi Annan

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