"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."
-Jean Cocteau
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"The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness."
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"The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up."
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"I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?"
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