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I'm not an abstractionist completely.

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.

I'm really interested in the nondefinitive element of abstraction.

Abstraction is everybody's zero but nobody's nought.

Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions.

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever invented by human beings to imagine, decipher, and depict the world.

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

'State' can be a word that is a noun or a verb or an adverb - it's kind of why I chose that title. It's not to confound the audience but to keep me from painting myself into a cul-de-sac in the early stages of making a record by having too high concept or having some really strict set of rules I have to adhere to.