“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.”
“The deep, seen with depth, is surface.”
Voces (1943)
“In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere.”
Rudolf Carnap (1929) from the Vienna Circle manifesto.
“I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface.”
Livejournal post http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/176181.html (2005)
2000s
“There is no depth of life without a way to depth, no truth without a way to truth.”
The Mystery of Consciousness: A Prescription for Human Survival, pg. 108 (1994)
Quote of De Chirico, April/May 1919; as quoted in 'Giorgio de Chirico', MoMa online https://www.moma.org/artists/1106#fnref1
De Chirico compared the metaphysical work of art to this image of a calm ocean
1908 - 1920
“The terrible beautiful Life.”
version in original Flemish (citaat van Roger Raveel, in het Vlaams): Het verschrikkelijke mooie leven.
title of his painting / installation - including birdcage and two living canaries, Raveel made in 1965 (translation: Fons Heijnsbroek)
1960's
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 113.
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)
