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The poet never asks for admiration he wants to be believed.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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There's no such thing as love only proof of love.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.
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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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one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started
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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
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