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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.

Jean Cocteau

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
Art is science in the flesh.
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Art Body One Liner Science
The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
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Death Drugs Ghost Home
May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Devil Dirty Yourself
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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Feeling Goodness Motivational Music Mystery Object
Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Acceptance Rejection Youth
I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.
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Difference Follow Myself Road Room
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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Art Artist Bad Fame Give Up Reward Success
Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Hope One Liner Poet Poetry Religion
Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Image Mirror Reflection
Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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Art Conscious Deep Marriage Philosophy Spiritual
Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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Himself Reading Stupidity
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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Force Habit Learning Object Place Poet Position Soul Tragedy Visible World
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
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Animal Cat Enjoyment Home Love Myself Soul Visible
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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Appearance Deep Perspective Time Work
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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Complication Simplicity Style Way

I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.

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