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A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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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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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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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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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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