Woodrow Wilson Quotes

The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that's difficult to access - to a level that's not material but spiritual.

I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves

if you think any American official is going to tell you the truth, then you’re stupid. Did you hear that? Stupid!

Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want that to be true.

In the form of the oeuvre, the actual circumstances are placed in another dimension where the given reality shows itself as that which it is. Thus it tells the truth about itself; its language ceases to be that of deception, ignorance, and submission. Fiction calls the facts by their name and their reign collapses; fiction subverts everyday experience and shows it to be mutilated and false.

The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.

Tell the truth, but lead so improbable a life that the truth will never be believed.

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law.

A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception.

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

What is essential is whether it is perceived and not whether it exists. To exist and yet not to be perceived is the same as not exist.

One thing you may be sure of, I was not a party to covering up anything.

The audience knows the truth, the world is simple. It's miserable, solid all the way through. But if you could fool them, even for a second, then you can make them wonder, and then you got to see something really special.

...a truth you don't understand is more dangerous than a lie.

Thou art true and honest as a dog.

Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.

The Arts are man's most useless ... and essential ... activity.

Everything looked and sounded unreal. Nothing was what it is. That's what I wanted - to be alone with myself in another world where truth is untrue and life can hide from itself.

You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

Why do we not hear the truth? Because we do not speak it.