All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

Jean Cocteau

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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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Drive Myself Name Poetry Simplicity Wait
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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Animal Dog Hope Performance Poetry Religion Service Training
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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Death Journal Receive Writing
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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Display Disturb Myself Paint Writing
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
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Death Live Myself Teaching Try
I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Death Greatness Media Myself News Pieces Sad Yourself
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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Fight Humor Intuition Mad Worst
There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Deep Evidence Love Philosophy
May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Devil Dirty Yourself
I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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Language Myself Nature Ocean Understand
Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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Art Conscious Deep Marriage Philosophy Spiritual
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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Beginning Born Death Deep Life Myself Perspective Rush Walk
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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Creativity Inspirational Motivational World Yourself
The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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Animal Count Horse Speed Wasted
Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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Day Death Mirror Myself Work
Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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Help Important Recognition
The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Beautiful Clothes Sex
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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Forever God Infinity Mystery Ourselves
If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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Believe Deep Dreams Famous Poet
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
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Choice Death Kill Option Save Torture
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
Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Image Mirror Reflection
Living is a horizontal fall.
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Fall Live One Liner Perspective
I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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Myself Poetry Talk
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
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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Art Moral Praise

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

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