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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.

Jean Cocteau

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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Children Mad Patience Poet Try
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
The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Beautiful Clothes Sex
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
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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Art Past Religious Time
A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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Artist Paint Photograph Poet Rare True
We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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Discipline Oneself Period Talk Theft
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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Addiction Body Oneself
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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Creativity Inspirational Motivational World Yourself
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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Art Beautiful Fashion Hands Production Time Ugly
The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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Artist Escape Kind Prison Work
Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Elegant Existence Notice
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
I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
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Control Feeling Myself
Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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Himself Reading Stupidity
The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Ability Health Laughter Sign Soul

There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.

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