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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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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples one speaks of thieves.
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Perhaps I know to what extent I can go too far.
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The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality.
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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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History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.
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