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What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end; legends are lies which become history in the end.
An artist cannot speak about his art anymore than a plant can discuss horticulture.
Lack of manners is the sign of a hero.
Il y a une parte de vérité qui sort de nous que ce n'est pas le rêve, ce n'est pas la rêverie. .... C'est notre vrai moi, il est caché dans les ténèbres, il nous donne désordre....nous voulons travailler sans lui et est alors que nous commettons nos plus graves erreurs.
Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes, these muzzles, these unicorns, these torches, these towers, these martlets, these seedlings of stars and these fields of blue!
Film will only become an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
No se debe confundir la verdad con la opinión de la mayoría.
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
Living is a horizontal fall.
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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
Les expériences dangereuses, le monde les accepte dans le domaine de l’art parce qu’il ne prend pas l’art au sérieux, mais il les condamne dans la vie.
Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.