Abstract Quotes

741 Abstract quotes by 593 unique authors

'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
The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And… — Henry A. Kissinger
I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore with an extremely high concentration of Jewish families - where the Levys and Cohens in the high… — Jeffrey Kluger
You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in… — Talib Kweli
I think that ideas exist outside of ourselves. I think somewhere, we're all connected off in some very abstract land. But somewhere between there and… — David Lynch
To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't be… — David Lynch
I'm not a person who writes really abstract things with oblique references. I look at abstraction like I look at condiments. Give me some Tabasco… — Wynton Marsalis
Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising. — David Ogilvy
The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not… — Eugene H. Peterson
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. — Pablo Picasso
Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any… — Jackson Pollock

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