60 Abstract Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing abstract quotes and sayings.
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Short Abstract Quotes and Sayings
“All good art is abstract.” —John Newman
“All art is an abstraction to some degree.” —Henry Moore
“Abstraction is an esoteric language.” —Eric Fischl
“Abstract knowledge is always useful, sooner or later.” —Robert A. Heinlein
“Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative.” —Piet Mondrian
“You can’t look at abstract art without thinking.” —Patricia Cole
“Abstraction forces you to reach the highest level of the basics.” —Alan Soffer
“The power to love what is purely abstract is given to few.” —Unknown
“Even abstract shapes must have a likeness.” —Willem de Kooning
“You can’t look at abstract art without thinking.” —Patricia Cole-Ferullo
“Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.” —Joseph Albers
“For an abstract artist the figure is merely a crutch.” —C.C. Tazio Childress
“It looked like lively abstract art. Symbols in search of context.” —Unknown
“All paintings are abstract ideas, not representations of a true reality.” —Mike Svob
“I guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract.” —Joaquin Phoenix
“The abstract nature of reality is the source of beauty.” —William DeRaymond
“The more horrifying the world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.” —Paul Klee
“Abstraction is the way to the heart – it is not the heart itself.” —John Piper
“Whatever is most abstract may perhaps be the summit of reality.” —Unknown
“Abstract ideas are the patterns two or more memories have in common.” —Rudolf Flesch
“Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.” —Paul Gauguin
“If I choose abstraction over reality, it is because I consider it the lesser chaos.” —Robert Brault
“How many people become abstract as a way of appearing profound!” —Joseph Joubert
“It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.” —Unknown
“Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.” —Unknown
“Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.” —Jim Hodges
“It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.” —Gerard Way
“The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal.” —Wassily Kandinsky
“The more horrifying the world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.” —Paul Klee
“Detailed descriptions, abstract ambitions, relevant observations, your’s and mine.” —Unknown
Abstract Quotes and Sayings
“Writing is an abstract art of drawing pictures of the conscious and subconscious mind with words.” —Debasish Mridha
“I understand abstract art as an attempt to feed imagination with a world built through the basic sensations of the eyes.” —Jean Helion
“Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature. I prefer to see with closed eyes.” —Josef Albers
“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.” —Pablo Picasso
“Abstract art is a fundamental distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the eyes.” —Robert Brault
“I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that and a lot less abstract stuff.” —Unknown
“Whoever thought the immediate alternates with the immediate action is not an abstract painter.” —Pierre Alechinsky
“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” —Lucian Freud
“We commonly call it abstraction, when now it is really nothing more than extrapolation. And yet it goes on.” —John Gargano
“Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.” —Tom G. Palmer
“The abstract has no emotional content… the abstract is more powerful the more abstract it is.” —Cecil Balmond
“And while I was not an admirer of people in the specific, I liked them in the abstract. It is only the execution of the idea that disappoints.” —Elizabeth McCracken
“All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.” —Denis Diderot
“I understand abstract art as an attempt to feed imagination with a world built through the basic sensations of the eyes.” —Jean Helion
“Abstract art has helped us to experience the emotional power inherent in pure form.” —Anton Ehrenzweig
“The abstract artists that I admire were grounded in drawing, composition and design and it shows in their work.” —Jennifer Bellinger
“The test of an abstract picture, for me, is not my first reaction to it, but how long I can stand it hanging on the wall of a room where I am living.” —Bill Vaughan
“Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever invented by human beings to imagine, decipher, and depict the world.” —Jerry Saltz
“Abstract art places a new world, which on the surface has nothing to do with ‘reality,’ next to the ‘real’ world.” —Wasilly Kandinsky
“One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.” —Unknown
“Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.” —Paul Cezanne
Top Ten Abstract Quotes and Sayings
Here you will find top ten abstract sayings and quotes selected by our team.
- “Abstract ideas are the patterns two or more memories have in common.” —Rudolf Flesch
- “Abstraction forces you to reach the highest level of the basics.” —Alan Soffer
- “Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.” —Unknown
- “Abstraction is the way to the heart – it is not the heart itself.” —John Piper
- “Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.” —Paul Cezanne
- “All good art is abstract.” —John Newman
- “Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature. I prefer to see with closed eyes.” —Josef Albers
- “The abstract nature of reality is the source of beauty.” —William DeRaymond
- “Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever invented by human beings to imagine, decipher, and depict the world.” —Jerry Saltz
- “I understand abstract art as an attempt to feed imagination with a world built through the basic sensations of the eyes.” —Jean Helion
