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Childhood knows what it wants - to leave childhood behind.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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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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The poet never asks for admiration he wants to be believed.
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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery.
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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
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