"I can never fathom it when people say……" — Derek R. Audette
"I can never fathom it when people say things like "I can't understand abstract art!" Or: "Abstract art is junk!" Or: "Abstract art isn't as valid as realism!""
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48 Quotes by Derek R. Audette
Derek R. Audette has 48 quotes on this site.
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No matter how much utter disdain I have for the work of a particular artist, I would still rather that…
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It is not about which artist is more skilled than which other artist. It is about creating what is in…
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Abstraction is an exercise in a pre-assured failure. It is a futile attempt to communicate the non-communicable
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No matter how substandard you feel your skill or talent may be, If you never produce your art, the world…
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The entire 'my art is better than your art' thing really gets under my skin. The fact of the matter…
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If you want to know what true art is: Go outside on a clear night, wait until it gets very,…
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Whether or not anyone could have done it is not what's important. What is important is whether or not anyone…
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When the established members of academia start becoming vocal as to how poor your art is, then you know you're…
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Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at…
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Sanity can take one of only two forms: that of ignorance, or denial.
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An all encompassing uncertainty on the part of any person is either a sign of utter stupidity or extreme intelligence.…
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More often than not, in order to find truth, a wise man must suffer the ravings of the insane. There…
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More Abstract Quotes
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one of 741 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.
— Honore de Balzac
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I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really…
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
— Theodor Adorno
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None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.
— Theodor Adorno
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Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some…
— Nicolas Cage
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Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still…
— Nicolas Cage
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I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
— Eric Cantona
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Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
— Al Capp
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Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change…
— Saul Alinsky
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'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would…
— Sam Abell
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Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply…
— John Dewey
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It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without…
— Giorgio Armani
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