To be moved confuses the soul. One cannot convey these kind… - Jean Cocteau

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To be moved confuses the soul. One cannot convey these kinds of memories any more than the events of a dream...
...if I have complained too long, it is because my memory, no longer having any fixed abode, has to carry its luggage with it.

Jean Cocteau

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Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, painter, and filmmaker.

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Alternative Names: Clément Eugène Jean Pierre Cocteau • Zhan Kokto • Eugène Jean Maurice Cocteau • Eugene Jean Maurice Cocteau

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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

Mettez un lieu commun en place, nettoyez-le, frottez-le, éclairez-le de telle sorte qu'il frappe avec sa jeunesse et avec la même fraîcheur, le même jet qu'il avait à sa source, vous ferez œuvre de poète. Tout le reste est littérature.

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