Abstract Quote by Morris Kline

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

— Stephen Dunn

I still believe in abstraction, but now I know that one ends with abstraction, not starts with it

— Alexander Stepanov

Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in…

— Edith Stein

“In learning, we draw an abstraction from concrete objects and events. In creating, we make our own concrete objects and events out of the…

— Ayn Rand

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

— Robert Genn

“If our ideas and beliefs are held with an awareness of abstracting, they can be changed if found to be inadequate or erroneous. But…

— S.I. Hayakawa

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

I try to make concrete that which is abstract.

— Juan Gris

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

The concrete is better than the abstract. The detail is better than the commonplace. The sensual [through the senses] is better than the intellectual.…

— Ellen Hunnicutt

In mathematics ... we find two tendencies present. On the one hand, the tendency towards abstraction seeks to crystallise the logical relations inherent in…

— David Hilbert

I'm not an abstractionist completely.

— Cy Twombly