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The only way to kill death is through photography.

Jean Cocteau

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
Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Acceptance Rejection Youth
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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Addiction Body Oneself
The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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Artist Escape Kind Prison Work
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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Believe Deep Religious Spirit
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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Art Past Religious Time
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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Deep Difference History Illusion Myth Mythology Perspective Reality Truth
You’ve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
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Death Mirror See Yourself
It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously.
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Difficult Earth Live Serious
I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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Myself Poetry Talk
Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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Day Death Mirror Myself Work
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
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
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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Appearance Deep Perspective Time Work
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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Appearance Better Delicate Discover Force Lose Yourself
Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
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Action Appearance Youth

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