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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

Jean Cocteau

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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Feeling Goodness Motivational Music Mystery Object
French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Attitude Bad Identity Mood People Personality
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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Believe Explanation Luck
The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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Artist Escape Kind Prison Work
You have comfort. You don’t have luxury. And don’t tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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Comfortable Fear Luxury Money Play Reward
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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Himself Poet Rose True
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Choice Death Kill Option Save Torture
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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Addiction Body Oneself
Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.
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Appearance Better Delicate Discover Force Lose Yourself
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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Children Mad Patience Poet Try
The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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Imitation Ourselves Public
Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don’t like – then cultivate it. That’s the only part of your work that’s individual and worth keeping.
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Care Criticism Listening Work Yourself
Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Acceptance Rejection Youth
Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Acceptance Deserve Oneself Reward Yourself
The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Beautiful Clothes Sex
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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Art Beautiful Fashion Hands Production Time Ugly

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