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The poet doesnt invent. He listens. - Jean Cocteau

The poet doesnt invent. He listens. – Jean Cocteau

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I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? – Jean Cocteau

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Luck
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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another. – Jean Cocteau

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best
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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. – Jean Cocteau

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Art
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The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy. – James Broughton

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Poetry

That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that prose survived to get something said. – Robert Creeley

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Poetry

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. – William Wordsworth

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Poetry

I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I cant really think of anyone whos done anything like it since. – Ray Manzarek

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Poetry

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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. – Napoleon

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