Abstract Quote by Jacob Lawrence

If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples. If it be unfamiliar, trace some point of analogy in it with…

— William James

I take more to the subject than to my ideas about it. I am not interested in any idea I have had, the subject…

— Lee Friedlander

In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work

— Sol LeWitt

“Idea is an abstract concept human physically created.”

— Joey Lawsin

A lot of my work is about text taken to the point of abstraction.

— Glenn Ligon

When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being?

— Herbie Hancock

I have always tried to maintain a sense of humanity in my work, to create something that will take on its own personality but…

— Dean Mitchell

At some level, you have to be able to say, "This is my task." It's in small, local ways that you keep yourself alive…

— Robert Hass

You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want. You cannot transmit an idea unless you have it yourself.

— Wallace D. Wattles

As soon as I have the idea, I need to create as quickly as possible, because it's what's going on in society, and that's…

— Makoto Shinkai

If you do not start with the idea, you are creating fine art - its personal, but it tends not to communicate.

— Seymour Chwast

For me, the most important thing is to keep everything moving very fast, so when I have an idea, I can realize it and…

— Jon Hopkins