Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.
JEAN COCTEAUBeauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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The only way to kill death is through photography.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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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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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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