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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Jean Cocteau

We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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Angel Home Protection Shelter
It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously.
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Difficult Earth Live Serious
We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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Discipline Oneself Period Talk Theft
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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Art Artist Bad Fame Give Up Reward Success
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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Addiction Body Oneself
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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Deep Difference History Illusion Myth Mythology Perspective Reality Truth
Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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Help Important Recognition
The job of the poet (a job which can’t be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.
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Force Habit Learning Object Place Poet Position Soul Tragedy Visible World
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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Artist Copy Job Order Original
The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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Death Eyes Live
Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Fast Move One Liner Philosophy Silence
When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
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Display Disturb Myself Paint Writing
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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Beginning Born Death Deep Life Myself Perspective Rush Walk
The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Joy Obey One Liner Young
Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.
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Forever God Infinity Mystery Ourselves
Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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Myself Poetry Reason

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