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

The poet doesnt invent. He listens. – Jean Cocteau

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It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously. – Jean Cocteau

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You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smiths autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape. – Ellie Goulding

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Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses. – Vicente Aleixandre

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What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed? – W.H. Auden

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I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic. – Joni Mitchell

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