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Letter "J" » Jean Cocteau Quotes
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«What is line? It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the artist's presence makes itself felt above that of the model. With the writer, line takes precedence over form and content. It runs through the words he assembles. It strikes a continuous note unperceived by ear or eye. It is, in a way, the soul's style, and if the line ceases to have a life of its own, if it only describes an arabesque, the soul is missing and the writing dies.»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| Keywords:
arabesque, by ear, precedence, unperceived
«The essential in daring is to know how far one can go too far»
«Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far.»
«An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.»
«Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.»
«We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?»
«Being tactful in audacity is knowing how far one can go to far.»
«Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.»
«A good upbringing consists in hiding how much you think of yourself, and how little you think of others.»
«If it has to choose who will be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| Keywords:
Barabbas, crucified
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