Abstract Quote by William James

Whatever is most abstract may perhaps be the summit of reality.

— Pablo Picasso

Such abstraction which refuses to accept the given universe of facts as the final context of validation, such "transcending" analysis of the facts in…

— Herbert Marcuse

Abstraction is an esoteric language.

— Eric Fischl

First of all, principles should be general. That is, it must be possible to formulate them without use of what would be intuitively recognized…

— John Rawls

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

— Robert Genn

“In short, it is much easier to see a thing through from the point of view of abstract principle than from that of concrete…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Dynamics Concerning forces and changes in the world.   Semantics Concerning meaning, interpretation and intent.”

— Mark Burgess

“The more closely our maps or paradigms are aligned with these principles or natural laws, the more accurate and functional they will be”

— Stephen R. Covey

A lot of my books have started with an abstract premise.

— Colson Whitehead

I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.

— Piet Mondrian

Writing laws based on an abstract theory, rather than reality, is a dangerous undertaking.

— Elizabeth Warren

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

— Wassily Kandinsky