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Art is science made flesh.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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It is not inspiration it is expiration.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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