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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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The only way to kill death is through photography.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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