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Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
Quotes By Jean Cocteau
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The extreme limit of wisdom that's what the public calls madness.
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I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we...
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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free....
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life...
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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent...
Quotes About Poetry
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He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to...
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Poetry asks people to have values form opinions care about some other part...
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For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly...
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I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good...
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All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently link by link with sweat and...
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I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
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Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science.