As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice…

The underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one way of…

— Andy Goldsworthy

The hard surface of the stone is impervious to nothing in the end. The heat of the sun leaves evidence of daylight. Each drop…

— Susan Griffin

If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface.

— Nikki Sixx

“You can stare right at something and not see what lies beneath the surface.”

— Jodi Picoult

War doesnt start with an explosion¦.It bears far more subtlety. A simmer beneath the surface, as if bringing broth to a boil

— Anonymous

We are acquainted with a mere pellicle of the globe on which we live. Most have not delved six feet beneath the surface, nor…

— Henry David Thoreau

Even if you couldn't see it beneath the surface, molecules were bonding, energy pushing up slowly, as something worked do hare, all alone to…

— Sarah Dessen

“I saw the void beneath the surface of the world; it threatened to pull me under.”

— Rachel Hartman

“I, who had wanted to live a life high above everyone else, ended up with a son who would rather live deep beneath the…

— Fredrik Backman

“Until then she had been blind, but when she saw those mountains, she slipped beneath the surface of the war and found the country.”

— Tatjana Soli

On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there…

— Jules Verne

Be willing to face life squarely and get down beneath the surface of life where the verities and realities are to be found.

— Peace Pilgrim

Whether it is photography, assemblage art or filmmaking, my work is to see beneath the surface.

— Christophe Agou

Stir not murky waters if you know not the depth or the creatures that dwell beneath the surface.

— Bryan Davis

We are true to our name. We're somewhat beneath the surface, and I think well always be to a certain extent.

— Black Thought