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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

Jean Cocteau

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Art Artist Discussion Plant Talk Voice
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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Complication Simplicity Style Way
I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
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Best Friendship God Lost Mercy Myself
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
I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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Language Myself Nature Ocean Understand
May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Devil Dirty Yourself
Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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Myself Mystery Organization Pretend
We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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Angel Home Protection Shelter
And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
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Acceptance Confession Happiness Hate Quite Secret Simplicity Try Understand
The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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Imitation Ourselves Public
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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Believe Deep Religious Spirit
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
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
Art is science in the flesh.
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Art Body One Liner Science
Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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Audacity Far Journey Yourself
The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
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Death Drugs Ghost Home

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