Quote by Jean Cocteau
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time t

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. – 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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As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time. – Francis Bacon

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Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more. – Jean De La Bruyere

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All profoundly original art looks ugly at first. – Clement Greenberg

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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. – Aesop

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Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry. – Oliver Cromwell

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