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

Quote by Jean Cocteau

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

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

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...

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...

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With...

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With...

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it...

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it...

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say...

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say...

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death...

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death...

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss...

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss...

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not...

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not...

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.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us...

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us...

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.

Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children.