| A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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| Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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| The poet doesn't invent. He listens. |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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| The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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| The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood. |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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| We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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| Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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| An artist cannot talk about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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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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- Jean Cocteau |
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| Mirrors should think longer before they reflect. |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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| I feel that there is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking. |
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- Jean Cocteau |
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