Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

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"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul."

- Jean Cocteau

Love

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

- Jean Cocteau

Awareness

"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?"

- Jean Cocteau

Belief

"I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don’t like?"

- Jean Cocteau

Success

"Mirrors should think longer before they reflect."

- Jean Cocteau

Creativity

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

Creativity

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

Creativity

"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

Creativity