Abstraction Quote by Henri Matisse

There's nothing like necessity of needing to do something to cause you to come up with abstractions that help you break through the forms.

— Jeff Dean

Become empty to become complete, for it is the void that defines the form.

— Bryant H. McGill

The form is so malleable and can do so many things.

— Jess Walter

When one has no form, one can be all forms.

— Bruce Lee

We shall find the abstract equivalent for all forms & elements in the universe, then we shall combine them in sculptural constructions according to…

— Giacomo Balla

Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.

— Bill Watterson

It is not possible for form to do without matter because it is not separable, nor can matter itself be purged of form.

— Robert Grosseteste

“Abstraction is the elimination of the irrelevant and the amplification of the essential.”

— Robert C. Martin

Even an abstract form has to have a likeness.

— Willem de Kooning

I see that idea that we need a new form as something critical. I mean, we do need to invent and not be benchmarking…

— William McDonough

My forms are not abstractions of things in the real world. They're also not symbols. I would say that my job is to invent…

— Caio Fonseca

Form ever follows function.

— Anonymous