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I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.

Jean Cocteau

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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Alcohol Comfortable Drugs Escape Lying Man Moments Myth Seek
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
The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Ability Health Laughter Sign Soul
Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Fast Move One Liner Philosophy Silence
Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Hope One Liner Poet Poetry Religion
Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
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Action Appearance Youth
One must not mistake majority for truth.
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Deep Mistake One Liner Oneself Truth
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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Art Past Religious Time
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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Artist Cost Material Money Movie
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
It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously.
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Difficult Earth Live Serious
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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Addiction Body Oneself
Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Elegant Existence Notice
May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Devil Dirty Yourself
The only way to kill death is through photography.
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Camera Death Kill Photography Way
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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Call Limitation Public Wisdom

I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.

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