Cocteau

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    The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
    —Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)

    Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet’s job. The rest is literature.
    —Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)

    If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
    —Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)