Surface Quotes

1360 quotes by 1055 authors

Keep a cool surface. Calm. Detached. As inside a part of you has been shattered. — Amy Ephron
His musical inspiration operates in a world uncluttered by conventional bar lines, conventional chord changes, and conventional ways of blowing or fingering a saxophone. Such… — Gunther Schuller
Viewed from the distance of the moon, the astonishing thing about the earth, catching the breath, is that it is alive. The photographs show the… — Lewis Thomas
At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
To set foot on the soil of the asteroids, to lift by hand a rock from the Moon, to observe Mars from a distance of… — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
The surface of things is not where attention should rest. — Terence McKenna
I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, not in a chaos without norms, even though that… — M.C. Escher
Drift beautifully on the surface, and you will die unbeautifully in the depths. — Richard Ellmann
We usually do pay attention to our outer appearance, typically noticing whatever part of our bodies we are unhappy about. It behooves us, however, to… — Jean Shinoda Bolen
Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface, — Donald Judd
I donâ€™t abstract from anything.â€¦I am involved with real space, the room itself, real light, and real surface. — Robert Ryman
When you enter a new experience, all that requires healing rushes to the surface . . . You have to pause. — Iyanla Vanzant
I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another.In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm… — Chuck Close
Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, an even deeper force was at workâ€”the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic driver, and the rise of… — Richard Florida
From a chemist's point of view, the surface or interior of a starâ€¦is boringâ€”there are no molecules there. — Roald Hoffmann
Most people don't put things together. Geologists study the surface of the earth and geological phenomena. Meteorogists study the weather. That isn't science. Science is… — Jacque Fresco
When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into a vacant, calm, still, silent mind. We go deep within and approach our true existence,… — Sri Chinmoy
We are exploring together. We are cultivating a garden together, backs to the sun. The question is a hoe in our hands and we are… — Parker J. Palmer
If your intentions are pure, if you apply your craft with a view to observe humanity and, ultimately, God himself, very often something powerful will… — Yasmin Ahmad
Pro sports are a tough business--whether you're in baseball, football, or something else. But when you're running around the bases after hitting a home run… — Roy Campanella

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