http://helenl.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/quotations-from-jean-cocteau/ where I'm a Rank Stranger Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://helenl.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/quotations-from-jean-cocteau/#comment-51904 helenl Sat, 24 May 2008 15:42:17 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=1616#comment-51904 Hi Phoebe Kate, I haven't read Jean Cocteau, but I guess I should. The list of things I should do keeps getting longer and I older. I like the quote about the priesthood, too. Poets aren't preachers, so they are free to discover. . . . Hi Phoebe Kate, I haven’t read Jean Cocteau, but I guess I should. The list of things I should do keeps getting longer and I older. I like the quote about the priesthood, too. Poets aren’t preachers, so they are free to discover. . . .

]]> http://helenl.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/quotations-from-jean-cocteau/#comment-51899 phoebe kate Sat, 24 May 2008 13:28:19 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=1616#comment-51899 A marvelous mini-compendium of thoughts from one of my favorite writers. "Art is not a pastime but a priesthood" -- that sums it up perfectly. "Priests" do not perform their tasks for pay. While it's very gratifying to get a check for a submission, it's also a dangerous temptation to believe that our worth as writers is determined by how much we make. Materialism is the antithesis of good art. A marvelous mini-compendium of thoughts from one of my favorite writers. “Art is not a pastime but a priesthood” — that sums it up perfectly. “Priests” do not perform their tasks for pay. While it’s very gratifying to get a check for a submission, it’s also a dangerous temptation to believe that our worth as writers is determined by how much we make. Materialism is the antithesis of good art.

]]> http://helenl.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/quotations-from-jean-cocteau/#comment-51868 helenl Thu, 22 May 2008 15:48:44 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=1616#comment-51868 Yes, Carol. I love the last one. :-) Yes, Carol. I love the last one.

]]> http://helenl.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/quotations-from-jean-cocteau/#comment-51867 writeathome Thu, 22 May 2008 15:16:53 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=1616#comment-51867 I especially like the first and the last quote. I especially like the first and the last quote.

]]> http://helenl.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/quotations-from-jean-cocteau/#comment-51865 helenl Thu, 22 May 2008 13:59:58 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=1616#comment-51865 Jana, He has lots of quotations, and I tried to choose ones that I liked and order them to make sense without distorting what he was saying. Jana, He has lots of quotations, and I tried to choose ones that I liked and order them to make sense without distorting what he was saying.

]]> http://helenl.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/quotations-from-jean-cocteau/#comment-51864 Jana Thu, 22 May 2008 08:07:03 +0000 http://helenl.wordpress.com/?p=1616#comment-51864 You know I am no poet, but this post spoke to me in a good way. Thanks. You know I am no poet, but this post spoke to me in a good way. Thanks.

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