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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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Since it's now fashionable to laugh at the conservative French Academy, I have remained a rebel by joining it.
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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
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The audience bursts into laughter. With the tragic gag I don't expect the audience to laugh (if they do, I have failed) but I expect a black silence from them that is almost as violent: as laughter.
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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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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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