The joy of the young is to disobey.
JEAN COCTEAUOne of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the performance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.
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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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You’ve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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The only way to kill death is through photography.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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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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