Bar Quote by Sean Scully

I think, with abstraction, it's easy to fall into a sort of pastiche.

— Joe Bradley

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

— Angela Harris

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

— Booker T. Washington

I'm not an abstractionist completely.

— Cy Twombly

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

— Glenn Ligon

Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave.

— William Blake

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

— Derek R. Audette

My message to the serious programmer is this: spend a part of your working day examining and refining your own methods. Even though programmers…

— Robert W. Floyd

I think abstraction is a very rich area. And it is upsetting that people seem to have some fear of it. I'm constantly making…

— Brice Marden

The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal.

— Wassily Kandinsky

I like to think that I can introduce people to the idea of simplicity and elegance.

— Giorgio Armani

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

— Stephen Dunn