#abstract

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

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You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it's almost more pure. It's a cooler thing. ↗

— Jim Henson

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Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that it practically drives out of existence the moral forces? ↗

— Auberon Herbert

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You have something that exists in your head, and getting that abstract thought from your head into something that actually exists is a difficult process. ↗

— Lazaro Hernandez

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Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting. ↗

— David Hockney

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Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality. ↗

— Jim Hodges

#color #expression #form #me #purest

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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

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The longer mathematics lives the more abstract - and therefore, possibly also the more practical - it becomes. ↗

— E. T. Bell

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I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

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