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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

~Jean Cocteau

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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.

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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

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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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You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.

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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.

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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

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The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.

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The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.

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Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Director

Born: July 5th, 1889

Died: October 11th, 1963

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