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There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.
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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
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The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself.
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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, the finish by loading honors on your head.
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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.
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Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.
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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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