Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

— Al Capp

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.

— Saul Alinsky

Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.

— Auguste Comte

I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. Furthermore, I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.

— Harland Williams

I like the fact that music is more abstract.

— Bryan Ferry

In every respect, fantasy is like doing abstract paintings.

— Lance Henriksen

It is easier to take a position in the abstract than when it hits home.

— Dennis Prager

It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.

— Gerard Way

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

— Theodor Adorno