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“I understand abstract art as an attempt to feed imagination with a world built through the basic sensations of the eyes.”

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Jean Helion

Jean Helion, a French author, was born on April 21, 1904, and passed away on October 27, 1987. He is known for his unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. more

“A conscious decision to eliminate certain details and include selective bits of personal experiences or perceptual nuances, gives the painting more of a multi-dimension than when it is done directly as a visual recording. This results in a kind of abstraction... and thus avoids the pitfalls of mere decoration.”

Giving Kind Done Certain Bits Decision Results Painting Conscious Mere Details Visuals Dimensions Abstraction Personal Experiences Nuance Decoration Selective Pitfalls

Author:Wayne Thiebaud

“Even an abstract form has to have a likeness.”

Form Abstract Abstraction

Author:Willem de Kooning

“Art, indeed, began with abstraction.”

Art Abstraction

Book:The Eternal Present: The beginnings of art

Source: The Eternal Present: The beginnings of art

“Abstract pictures are fictive models, because they make visible a reality that we can neither see nor describe, but whose existence we can postulate.”

Reality Existence Models Abstract Visible Abstraction

Author:Gerhard Richter

“If I choose abstraction over reality, it is because I consider it the lesser chaos.”

Ifs Reality Chaos Abstraction

Author:Robert Breault

“Abstract art is a fundamental distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the eyes.”

Art Reality Eye Theory Art Is Fundamentals Abstract Distrust Abstraction Abstract Art

Author:Robert Breault

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