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My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

Jean Cocteau

Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Image Mirror Reflection
My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.
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Drive Myself Name Poetry Simplicity Wait
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
We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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Angel Home Protection Shelter
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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Fight Humor Intuition Mad Worst
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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Attitude Born Himself Mindset Wealth
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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Death Fear Love Myself People
The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Joy Obey One Liner Young
Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Fast Move One Liner Philosophy Silence
French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Attitude Bad Identity Mood People Personality
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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Acceptance Confession Happiness Hate Quite Secret Simplicity Try Understand
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Art Artist Discussion Plant Talk Voice
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
Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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Myself Mystery Organization Pretend
Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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Himself Reading Stupidity
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

My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

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My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

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