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Quote by Jean Cocteau
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful wi

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. – 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

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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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True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. – Jean Cocteau

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Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. – Socrates

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Only in mens imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. – Joseph Conrad

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Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for its timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness. – Jerry Saltz

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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time. – Otto Dix

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