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

Quote by Jean Cocteau

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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...

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its...

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its...

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

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...

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

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

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 extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

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.

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life is a horizontal fall.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

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....

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

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

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those...

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those...

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....

I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

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...

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an...

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an...

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a...

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a...