"The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends."
"Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force."
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Source: Cock and harlequin: Notes concerning music. Book by Jean Cocteau, 1921.
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