Surface Quotes

1360 quotes by 1055 authors

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And… — John Dryden
Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero and they hate him. But as long as they can… — Fred Durst
I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the… — John Dyer
From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space… — Arthur Erickson
You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a… — Erik Erikson
My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it. — Mark Haddon
If I were to do a foundation, it would be to promote solar energy. And I'm worried about drilling for oil. I think it is… — Debbie Harry
My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the… — Hans Hofmann
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to… — Edward Hopper
Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface. — Victor Hugo
The flesh is the surface of the unknown. — Victor Hugo
When I finally had the chance to make my childhood dream a reality - as a co-founder and chairman of Moon Express - my goal… — Naveen Jain
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something… — Carl Jung
Have you seen a duck gliding smoothly on water? Does it ever look like it is paddling furiously underneath the surface? I don't have to… — Salman Khan
We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I use printers to make prints of the images that I am creating. And I try to have that surface kind of replicated in the… — Jeff Koons
Just as Renaissance artists provided narratives for the era they lived in, so do I. I'm always looking beyond the surface. I've done that ever… — David LaChapelle
Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter. — Annie Leibovitz
You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg… — Audre Lorde

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