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

The poet doesnt invent. He listens. – Jean Cocteau

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. – Jean Cocteau

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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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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation. – Natalie Merchant

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Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. – Lucille Clifton

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Poetry is a sort of homecoming. – Paul Celan

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Im looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long. – Angela Sarafyan

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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things. – T.S. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual Talent, 1919

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