“I didn't have a regular school experience and wanted a more abstract way of learning. I started exploring in lots of different creative ways. It gave me the opportunity to travel and play music, so it was good for me.” WayDifferentPlayWantedSchoolOpportunityCreativeAbstractExploringSchool Experience Author:Brie Larson
“I want Pinterest to be human. The Internet's still so abstract... To me, boards are a very human way of looking at the world.” WorldWayWantHumansStillsInternetBoardsAbstractPinterest Author:Ben Silbermann
“A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is. You tell a story because a statement would be inadequate. When anybody asks what a story is about, the only proper thing is to tell them to read the story. The meaning of fiction is not abstract meaning but experienced meaning.” WayWritingSaidStoriesWould BeAsksFictionStatementsAbstractInadequate Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“Nothing in these abstract economic models actually works in the real world. It doesn't matter how many footnotes they put in, or how many ways they tinker around the edges. The whole enterprise is totally rotten at the core: it has no relation to reality.” WorldWayRealMatterWholeRealityEconomicModelsRelationEdgesCoreAbstractEnterpriseReal WorldRottenFootnotesEconomic Models Author:Noam Chomsky