Jean Cocteau Quotes About Giving
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The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.
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I feel myself inhabited by a force or being -- very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
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The job of the poet (a job which can't be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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