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Quote by Jean Cocteau
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. – Jean Cocteau

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Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poets job. The rest is literature. – Jean Cocteau

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Ordinary
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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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Drugs
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Jean Cocteau
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. – Nicolas Chamfort

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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. – Tony Blair

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I didnt grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon. – Sydney Pollack

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Trying to force creativity is never good. – Sarah McLachlan

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The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves, and what to be afraid of. Its about a girl learning that the world of sensuality and the unknown is not to be feared, that its worth getting your teeth into. – Neil Jordan

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