I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
JEAN COCTEAUJean Cocteau Quotes
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I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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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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Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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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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