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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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Youve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive. – Jean Cocteau

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Begin with anothers to end with your own. – Baltasar Gracian

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The true is inimitable, the false untransformable. – Robert Bresson

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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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Its been very important throughout my career that Ive met all the guys Ive copied, because at each stage theyve said, Dont play like me, play like you. – Eric Clapton

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You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. Hes just famous for his sound. – David Lee Roth

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Is man’s civilization only a wrappage, through which the savage nature of him can still burst, infernal as ever? – Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, vol III, book V, chapter 7

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