A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
JEAN COCTEAUMystery 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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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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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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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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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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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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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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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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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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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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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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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
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Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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