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Quote by Jean Cocteau
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends h

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. – Jean Cocteau

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

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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. – Jean Cocteau

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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is whats known as infinity. – Jean Cocteau

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The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. – June Jordan

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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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For me, poetry is always a search for order. – Elizabeth Jennings

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Everyone thinks theyre going to write one book of poems or one novel. – Marilyn Hacker

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