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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. - Jean Cocteau

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. – 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

Category:
Escape, Escapism
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Jean Cocteau
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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. – Jean Cocteau

Category:
Poetry
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Jean Cocteau
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Poetry
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I wrote some bad poetry that I published in North African journals, but even as I withdrew into this reading, I also led the life of a kind of young hooligan. – Jacques Derrida

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Poetry

I dont like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were. – Anne Stevenson

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Poetry

As for how criticism of Keats poetry relates to criticism of my own work, Ill leave that for others to decide. – Jane Campion

Category:
Poetry
[P]oetry… folds its wings at the rough contact of reality… it feels in one sense much more, and in another much less, than the soul engaged with reality… – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Poetry

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