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.
JEAN COCTEAUPoetry is a religion with no hope.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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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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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.
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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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