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

Quote by Jean Cocteau

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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...

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

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

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

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...

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which...

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which...

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?

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself.

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself.

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life is a horizontal fall.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

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

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me,...

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

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...

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...

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...

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

Codi: So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything...

Codi: So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything...

Dream in a pragmatic way.

Dream in a pragmatic way.