“I wore one of my Tanguy earrings and one made by Calder in order to show my impartiality between Surrealist and Abstract Art.” ArtMadeShowsOrderAbstractModernismEarringsAbstract ArtImpartialitySurrealist Author:Peggy Guggenheim
“No matter how much a young man likes to think for himself, he is always trying to model himself on some abstract pattern largely derived from the example of the world around him. And a man, no matter how conservative, shows his own worth by his personal deviation from that pattern.” ThinkingMenWorldTryingMatterShowsYoungExampleModelsPatternsConservativeLikesYoung ManAbstractAlways TryingDeviation Book:This Business of Living Source: This Business of Living
“Although objectively greater demands are placed on this authority, it operates less as a public opinion giving a rational foundation to the exercise of political and social authority, the more it is generated for the purpose of an abstract vote that amounts to no more than an act of acclamation within a public sphere temporarily manufactured for show or manipulation.” GivingShowsPoliticalPurposeSocialOpinionGreaterAmountExerciseDemandAuthorityVoteFoundationRationalAbstractManipulationSpheresPublic Opinion Author:Jurgen Habermas
“This is the universal property of the human mind. Abstract rules form the core of everything from computer programs to grammars. Our results show that babies' minds are built to look for such rules - even without being told.” MindHumansLooksShowsFormResultsBabyEvolutionComputerBuiltProgramUniversalPropertyCoreAbstractHuman MindGrammar Author:Gary Marcus