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Quote by Jean Cocteau
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gar

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. – Jean Cocteau

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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we dont like? – Jean Cocteau

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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. – Jean Cocteau

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I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. – Boris Pasternak

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Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. – A. R. Ammons

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I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader… I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice… mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry. – Kenneth Koch

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I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry. – Jane Campion

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