Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
JEAN COCTEAUNot only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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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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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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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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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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