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 abstractionabstractway 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 unrealityabstractionelements Time isn't made of anything. It is an abstraction. Just a meaning that we impose upon motion. Anne Carson abstractionmadetime 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 incomeabstractionwanted Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction. Dylan Thomas abstractioncities 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 abstractionabstractlanguage To make abstractions hold in reality is to destroy reality. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel abstractionreality A perfume is more than an extract it is a presence in abstraction. A perfume, for me, is a mystique. Giorgio Armani mystiqueperfumeabstraction Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions. Jean Piaget abstractionindividualaction All non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, are leaky. Joel Spolsky abstractiondegrees Mankind? That is an abstraction. There have always been and always will be only individuals. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe abstractionindividualmankind Abstraction is the way to the heart - it is not the heart itself. John Piper abstractionheartway Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature. Josef Albers abstract-artabstractionreal I'm really interested in the nondefinitive element of abstraction. Julie Mehretu abstractionelements I expect of abstraction as much as what imagery does for me... to carry meaning. Kay WalkingStick imageryabstractiondoe Abstraction and realism work best together. Ken Danby realismabstractiontogether Abstraction is the enemy of meaning. Marshall Ganz abstractionenemy Light is snow sifted / To an abstraction. May Sarton abstractionlightsnow Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth. Michael Crichton seeking-truthabstractiondriven There is an amount of abstraction in my movies, and sometimes they don't really understand it until the film is finished. Michel Gondry abstractionfilmsometimes12»
