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

Quote by Jean Cocteau

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Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death....

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death....

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the...

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the...

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward...

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward...

If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save...

If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save...

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

A good upbringing consists in hiding how much you think of yourself, and how little...

A good upbringing consists in hiding how much you think of yourself, and how little...

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy...

I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy...

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free....

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free....

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.

In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.

There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do...

There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do...

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his...

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his...

Poverty is a career for lots of well paid people

Poverty is a career for lots of well paid people

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confess'd,- Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confess'd,- Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for...

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for...