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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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The world owes its enchantment to these curious creatures and their fancies but its multiple complicity rejects them. Thistledown spirits, tragic, heartrending in their evanescence, they must go blowing headlong to perdition.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes.
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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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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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You have comfort. You don't have luxury. And don't tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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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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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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And history becomes legend and legend becomes history.
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