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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

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau

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

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Art
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Jean Cocteau
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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

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Escape, Escapism
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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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Art
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Poetry
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Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man it has become the amusement and delight of the few. – John Masefield

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Poetry

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes. – Carl Sandburg

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Poetry

Happiness is sharing a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry with a shade tree. – Terri Guillemets, “From the Library to the Park,” 1993

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Poetry

Im not precisely saying that a really good board meeting at the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Coucil) makes me want to go and write poetry, but there is a pleasure in doing that sort of thing well. – Andrew Motion

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Poetry

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Im not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not. – Kate Hudson

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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. – Honore de Balzac

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good

It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought. – James Douglas, Down Shoe Lane

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To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. – Benjamin Franklin

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Fasting