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Quote by Jean Cocteau
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can dis

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

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort. – Jean Cocteau

Category:
Escape, Escapism
Author
Jean Cocteau
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Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death. – Jean Cocteau

Category:
Death
Author
Jean Cocteau
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Other Quotes from
Art
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The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power. – Alfred Adler

Category:
Art

…a bourgeois barrenness… depressingly alien from that dainty boudoir atmosphere of the artist-life she knew. – Israel Zangwill, Dreamers of the Ghetto, “From a Mattress Grave,” 1897

Category:
Art

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress. – Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Category:
Art

People of art should never get married and have children, because its a selfish experience. – Mikhail Baryshnikov

Category:
Art

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Im tired. Im tired of feeling rejected by the American people. Im tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Money is a tremendous advantage in just about everything, but in terms of reproduction, if youre a poor woman and you are infertile, its like too bad, so sad. And if you are a wealthy woman, you can kind of buy whatever you want. – Jennifer Weiner

Category:
sad

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. – William Wordsworth

Category:
Nature

Gods mercy and grace give me hope – for myself, and for our world. – Billy Graham

Category:
God