Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
JEAN COCTEAUThe speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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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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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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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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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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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 job of the poet (a job which can’t be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.
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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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The only way to kill death is through photography.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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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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