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There's no such thing as love only proof of love.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
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It is not inspiration it is expiration.
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In exiling myself I am not exiling a monster, but a man whom society will not allow to live, since it considers one of the mysterious cogs in God's masterpiece to be a mistake.
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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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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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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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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Lack of manners is the sign of a hero.
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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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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.
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A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.
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I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, they become its visible soul.
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I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes.
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