Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
JEAN COCTEAUFilm will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility… It insists on living its own life.
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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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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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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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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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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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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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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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