They covered every flat surface in a state of total…

That romantic notion of a band being a total democracy is just like lying to yourself in the mirror.

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface,

— Donald Judd

Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered…

— Maurice Denis

I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of…

— William Scott

I have always been concerned with painting that simultaneously insists on a flat surface and then denies it.

— Helen Frankenthaler

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface.

— Anonymous

It takes skill to trip on a flat surface.

— Anonymous

Every flat surface has a depth no matter how small. So judge it completely by the surface and depth not just the surface.

— Terry Mark

I am trying to find out why a subject does look so marvelous, and trying to make that sensation manifest on a flat surface.

— Euan Uglow

I've always said that the only thing a photograph is good at capturing faithfully is another flat surface.

— David Hockney

America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…

— Albert Einstein

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

— Anonymous

If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other…

— Ludwig von Mises

Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

— Ilkin Santak

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they…

— Abraham Lincoln