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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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 only work of art which succeeds is that which fails.
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Keep braiding one's wavelengths back into oneself. That way they gain all the more external power and surround us with a huge affective and protective zone. Don't talk about this. Never talk about our secret methods. If we talk about them, they stop working.
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And history becomes legend and legend becomes history.
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Lack of manners is the sign of a hero.
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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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Enough of clouds, waves, aquariums, water-sprites and nocturnal scents what we need is music of the earth, everyday music..music one can live in like a house.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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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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The skin of all of us is responsive to gypsy songs and military marches.
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Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.
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The artist must know how far to go too far.
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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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After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.
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Art is science made flesh.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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The Louvre is a morgue you go there to identify your friends.
Jean Cocteau
French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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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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