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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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. – Jean Cocteau

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The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before. – Johann von Goethe

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Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer. It is joy and art. – Bliss Carman

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It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: Is it true in and for itself? – G. W. F. Hegel

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Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented. – Eric Hoffer

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