Code Quote by Robert C. Martin

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

— Fulton J. Sheen

Abstraction is an exercise in a pre-assured failure. It is a futile attempt to communicate the non-communicable

— Derek R. Audette

“An abstraction is not a module, or an interface, class, or method; it is a structure, pure and simple-an idea reduced to its essential…

— Daniel Jackson

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

— Edsger Dijkstra

Abstraction is the enemy of meaning.

— Marshall Ganz

Abstraction is an esoteric language.

— Eric Fischl

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

— Robert Genn

Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever invented by human beings to imagine, decipher, and depict the world.

— Jerry Saltz

“Abstraction can be a powerful tool, but it can also lead to heads buried in the sand. In”

— Peter Lucas

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

— Stephen Dunn

“To think is to forget differences, generalize, make abstractions.”

— Angela Harris

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