The only way to kill death is through photography.
JEAN COCTEAUWe are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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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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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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