Quote by Jean Cocteau
The poet doesnt invent. He listens. - Jean Cocteau

The poet doesnt invent. He listens. – Jean Cocteau

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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. – Jean Cocteau

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But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity. – Alfred de Vigny

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In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry. – Danielle Steel

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It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things. – Stephen Mallarme

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He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise. – Oscar Wilde

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