Abstraction Quote by Fulton J. Sheen

“Remember that every science is based upon an abstraction. An abstraction is taking a point of view or looking at things under a certain…

— Fulton J. Sheen

In the development of the understanding of complex phenomena, the most powerful tool available to the human intellect is abstraction. Abstraction arises from the…

— Tony Hoare

A study, by its very nature, is an abstraction.

— Jane Velez-Mitchell

Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a…

— Tom G. Palmer

“Abstraction is the condition of the science of metaphysics, but in no way is its content.”

— Fulton J. Sheen

Oh abstractions are just abstract until they have an ache in them.

— Stephen Dunn

To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter.

— Ben Shahn

Abstraction is itself an abstract word and has no single meaning ... Every word in our language is abstract, because it represents something else.

— Eric Maisel

Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.

— Robert Genn

I don't like the word 'abstractions' very much because most people don't think in abstractions. That is too difficult for them. They think in…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Abstraction means getting away from a visual interpretation but nearer to an emotional one.

— Henry Moore

To be an abstraction does not mean that an entity is nothing. It merely means that its existence is only a factor of a…

— Alfred North Whitehead