Allowing Quote by R. B. Kitaj

I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within…

— John Sexton

In my 20s, when I was a photojournalist in Beijing. I joined an underground art group and put on clandestine exhibitions of my paintings.

— Ma Jian

Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.

— Yousuf Karsh

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

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.

— Thornton Wilder

So worried was I that people would see through the painting into my soul - and guess at secret Alison stuff - that I…

— Allison Mackie

A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.

— Diane Arbus

Secrets can actually be quite important. A work of art that reveals its meaning or its power too quickly is uninteresting. It might not…

— Thomas Koerfer

As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect…

— Julia Cameron

The secret of life is in art.

— Oscar Wilde

If you want to remain something a secret forever, then never do anything.

— Vikrant Parsai

Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept private.

— Andy Goldsworthy