Abstract Quotes

741 Abstract quotes by 593 unique authors

The freer the soul, the more abstract painting becomes. — Marc Chagall
What I mean by 'abstract' is something which comes to life spontaneously through a gamut of contrasts, plastic at the same time as psychic, and… — Marc Chagall
The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal. — Wassily Kandinsky
Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty… — John Dewey
When individuals and nations have once got in their heads the abstract concept of full-blown liberty, there is nothing like it in its uncontrollable strength. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Science only means knowledge; and for [Greek] ancients it did only mean knowledge. Thus the favorite science of the Greeks was Astronomy, because it was… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It seems to me, that the only Objects of the abstract Sciences or of Demonstration is Quantity and Number, and that all Attempts to extend… — David Hume
To love God and neighbor is not something abstract, but profoundly concrete: it means seeing in every person and face of the Lord to be… — Pope Francis
When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It… — Niels Bohr
Mathematics is the tool specially suited for dealing with abstract concepts of any kind and there is no limit to its power in this field. — Paul Dirac
I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need. — Ai Weiwei
'Abstract' literally means to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract... a realistic or nonobjective approach makes no difference. The result… — Richard Diebenkorn
...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things. — Constantin Brancusi
Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or tree cannot make a good painting just because… — Georgia O'Keeffe
All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized. — David Hockney
I have spent much time in the study of the abstract sciences; but the paucity of persons with whom you can communicate on such subjects… — Blaise Pascal
Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community." A community is… — Jean Vanier
The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are… — Kenneth Tynan
The very same brain centers that interpret and feel physical pain also become activated during experiences of emotional rejection. In brain scans, they light up… — Gabor Mate
There are several kinds of truths, and it is customary to place in the first order mathematical truths, which are, however, only truths of definition.… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract. — Gustave Moreau
I am against the line and all its consequences: contours, forms, composition. All paintings of whatever sort, figurative or abstract, seem to me like prison… — Yves Klein
My paintings are inspirational for they allow the observer to experience infinite viewpoints and perceptions. They are not abstract for they represent what is actually… — Freydoon Rassouli
The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions-each branch of our knowledge-passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological, or fictitious: the… — Auguste Comte
Science gains from it [the pendulum] more than one can expect. With its huge dimensions, the apparatus presents qualities that one would try in vain… — Leon Foucault

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