All Jean Cocteau Quotes
I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.
Jean Cocteau
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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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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.
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Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.
Jean Cocteau
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
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There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.
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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.
Jean Cocteau
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You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
Jean Cocteau
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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
Jean Cocteau
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