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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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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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Art
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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. – Jean Cocteau

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good
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I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels. – Tobias Wolff

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Poetry

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger. – Salvatore Quasimodo

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Poetry

To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but, with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed. – Brian Harris

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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. – Herbert Spencer

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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can – namely, surrender our will and fulfill Gods will in us. – Saint Teresa of Avila

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Committee–a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours. – Milton Berle

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