Art is science in the flesh.
JEAN COCTEAUI 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.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility… It insists on living its own life.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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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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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 poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique.
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