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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

Jean Cocteau

Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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Fight Humor Intuition Mad Worst
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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Creativity Inspirational Motivational World Yourself
Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Acceptance Rejection Youth
The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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Death Eyes Live
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
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
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Choice Death Kill Option Save Torture
Living is a horizontal fall.
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Fall Live One Liner Perspective
Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Elegant Existence Notice
Art is science in the flesh.
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Art Body One Liner Science
May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Devil Dirty Yourself
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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Beginning Born Death Deep Life Myself Perspective Rush Walk
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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Comfortable Fear Luxury Money Play Reward
The only way to kill death is through photography.
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Camera Death Kill Photography Way
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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Artist Copy Job Order Original
Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique.
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Criticism Cultivate Hate Unique Work Yourself
Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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Day Death Mirror Myself Work
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
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Death Live Myself Teaching Try
Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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Beautiful Myself See Talk Woman
Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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Attitude Born Himself Mindset Wealth
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
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Fountain Movie One Liner Thinking
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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Believe Explanation Luck
The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Ability Health Laughter Sign Soul
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
Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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Deep Mirror One Liner Reflection Thinking
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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Display Disturb Myself Paint Writing

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