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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.

Jean Cocteau

Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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Art Moral Praise
Living is a horizontal fall.
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Fall Live One Liner Perspective
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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Creation Force Himself Language Live Manipulation People Poem Poet Understand
What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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Criticism Cultivate Hate Inspirational Motivational Public 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
Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don’t like – then cultivate it. That’s the only part of your work that’s individual and worth keeping.
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Care Criticism Listening Work Yourself
French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Attitude Bad Identity Mood People Personality
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
Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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Day Death Mirror Myself Work
I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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Language Myself Nature Ocean Understand
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
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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Comfortable Fear Luxury Money Play Reward
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
The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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Animal Count Horse Speed Wasted
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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Complication Simplicity Style Way
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

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