Quotes About Concealment

Lovers die inward that their flames conceal.

It is so easy to hide our ignorance under such expressions as the plan of creation or unity of design, etc., and to think that we give an explanation when we only restate a fact.

Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. Perhaps more has been effected by concealing our own intentions than by discovering those of our enemy.

Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.

Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.

The popularity of conspiracy theories is explained by people's desire to believe that there is - some group of folks who know what they're doing

There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.

Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy.

And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shot and danger of desire, The chariest maid is prodigal enough If she unmasks her beauty to the moon.

I had the desire to paint the figure without actually painting the figure.

If the world is where we hide from ourselves, what do we do when the world is no longer accessible? We invent a false name, invent a destiny, purchase a firearm through the mail.

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.

A college degree does not lessen the length of your ears; it only conceals it.

You can't get tired of something you don't know exists.

If you didn't know who I was, if I was to walk out on the street without people knowing who I am, you'd think I'm an accountant or a lawyer.

I only want to exist as a character. I don't want people to think of the actor Lee Je-hoon when they see my roles.

For me it's liberating to be able to look somebody in the eyes and know that they can't see my eyes. I've always thought that when I would see Slipknot playing.

If you're creating a story, it's a lovely sort of secret thing going on in your head.

A lot of my characters are people who are, in essence, lying to themselves. They present one thing, when in reality they're another thing. Maybe they're not as tough or as cool as they want to be.

Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.

I think when people are repressing things, or burying things, that can manifest in all sorts of ways.

I definitely was not out as a marine. The 'don't ask, don't tell' policy was still in effect, and the people around me did not seem to be open to the idea to begin with.