A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
JEAN COCTEAUMay the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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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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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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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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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the performance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.
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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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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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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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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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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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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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