“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“The deep, seen with depth, is surface.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Voces (1943)
“In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere.”
Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) German philosopher
Rudolf Carnap (1929) from the Vienna Circle manifesto.
“I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface.”
James Nicoll (1961) Canadian fiction reviewer
Livejournal post http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/176181.html (2005) <br class="br">2000s
“There is no depth of life without a way to depth, no truth without a way to truth.”
Ruth Nanda Anshen (1900–2003) American philosopher, author and editor
The Mystery of Consciousness: A Prescription for Human Survival, pg. 108 (1994)
Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978) Italian artist
Quote of De Chirico, April/May 1919; as quoted in 'Giorgio de Chirico', MoMa online https://www.moma.org/artists/1106#fnref1 <br class="br">De Chirico compared the metaphysical work of art to this image of a calm ocean <br class="br">1908 - 1920
Mark Hopkins (educator) (1802–1887) American educationalist and theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 113.
Donald Miller (1971) American writer
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)