Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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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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When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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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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