Abstract Art Quotes

36 quotes by 30 authors

Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. — Al Capp
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
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
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
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
Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose… — Roy Lichtenstein
It [abstract art] should be enjoyed just as music is enjoyed after a while you may like it or you may not. — Jackson Pollock
One of the most striking of abstract art's appearances is her nakedness, an art stripped bare. — Robert Motherwell
I understand abstract art as an attempt to feed imagination with a world built through the basic sensations of the eyes. — Jean Helion
Abstract art has helped us to experience the emotional power inherent in pure form. — Anton Ehrenzweig
Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes... Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the… — Arshile Gorky
Abstract art is a fundamental distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the eyes. — Robert Breault
The works of 'abstract' art are subtle creations of order out of simple contrasting elements. — Jan Tschichold
Any combining, mixing, adding, diluting, exploiting, vulgarizing, or popularizing of abstract art deprives art of its essence and depraves the artist's artistic consciousness. Art is… — Donald Judd
Abstract understanding doesn't mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and… — Robert Genn
Nothing as drastic an innovation as abstract art could have come in to existence, save as the consequence of a most profound, relentless, unquenchable need.… — Robert Motherwell
What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure… — Hans Hofmann
The one object of fifty years of abstract art is to present art-as-art and as nothing else, to make it into the one thing it… — Ad Reinhardt
But nobody is visually naive any longer. We are cluttered with images, and only abstract art can bring us to the threshold of the divine. — Dominique de Menil

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