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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

Jean Cocteau

Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique.
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Criticism Cultivate Hate Unique Work Yourself
Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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Beautiful Curse Recognition
May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Devil Dirty Yourself
Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Acceptance Rejection Youth
Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Image Mirror Reflection
Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
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Count Earth Moment
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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Feeling Goodness Motivational Music Mystery Object
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
Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Fast Move One Liner Philosophy Silence
Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
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Action Appearance Youth
Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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Beautiful Myself See Talk Woman
One must not mistake majority for truth.
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Deep Mistake One Liner Oneself Truth
Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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Myself Mystery Organization Pretend
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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Art Moral Praise
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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Believe Explanation Luck
Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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Himself Reading Stupidity

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

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