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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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Expect neither reward nor beatitude. Return noble waves for ignoble.
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It is not inspiration it is expiration.
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My only politics have been friendship.
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The runner stopped dead, lost his balance, froze in one of those violent attitudes in which the photographers petrify living reality.
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The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation.
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I am burning myself up and will always do so.
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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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What is style? For many people, a very complicated way of saying very simple things. According to us, a very simple way of saying very complicated things.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far.
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In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor nobody is content to be a spectator.
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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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