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Jean Cocteau
About Author: French dramatist, director, & poet (1889 - 1963)
Quotes:I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
The extreme limit of wisdom-- that is what the public calls madness.
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
Art is science made clear.
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