Quotes by Abstraction The only and one way to say what abstract art or art-as-art is, is to say what it is not. Ad Reinhardt abstraction abstract way Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to work on it. Albert Camus unreality abstraction elements Time isn't made of anything. It is an abstraction. Just a meaning that we impose upon motion. Anne Carson abstraction made time The cartooning was always just an abstraction. It was an income. It was making me famous. It was allowing me to go and do other things that I'd wanted to do. Berkeley Breathed income abstraction wanted Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction. Dylan Thomas abstraction cities Abstraction is itself an abstract word and has no single meaning ... Every word in our language is abstract, because it represents something else. Eric Maisel abstraction abstract language To make abstractions hold in reality is to destroy reality. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel abstraction reality A perfume is more than an extract it is a presence in abstraction. A perfume, for me, is a mystique. Giorgio Armani mystique perfume abstraction Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions. Jean Piaget abstraction individual action All non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, are leaky. Joel Spolsky abstraction degrees Mankind? That is an abstraction. There have always been and always will be only individuals. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe abstraction individual mankind Abstraction is the way to the heart - it is not the heart itself. John Piper abstraction heart way Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature. Josef Albers abstract-art abstraction real I'm really interested in the nondefinitive element of abstraction. Julie Mehretu abstraction elements I expect of abstraction as much as what imagery does for me... to carry meaning. Kay WalkingStick imagery abstraction doe Abstraction and realism work best together. Ken Danby realism abstraction together Abstraction is the enemy of meaning. Marshall Ganz abstraction enemy Light is snow sifted / To an abstraction. May Sarton abstraction light snow Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth. Michael Crichton seeking-truth abstraction driven There is an amount of abstraction in my movies, and sometimes they don't really understand it until the film is finished. Michel Gondry abstraction film sometimes 12»
