Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
JEAN COCTEAUMystery 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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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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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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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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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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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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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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