+1A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
- Jean Cocteau
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- The poet doesn’t invent. He listens. - Jean Cocteau
- The worst fate of a poet is to be admired without being understood. - Jean Cocteau
- Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. - Jean Cocteau
- The true gardener, like an artist, is never satisfied. - H. E. Bates
- Art is not a pastime but a priesthood. - Jean Cocteau
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