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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

It takes skill to trip on a flat surface.

— Anonymous

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

— David Hockney

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

— Helen Frankenthaler

“They covered every flat surface in a state of total democracy”

— Terry Pratchett

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 been like, if society's trying to push me in one direction, I always rebel against it, thinking, 'Nope, I'm going to do…

— Rose Namajunas

When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you're trying to figure…

— Ani DiFranco

We have a society that's trying to make sure that nobody gets any adventures because adventures are dangerous and danger is bad.

— Bob Weir