Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
JEAN COCTEAUI have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.
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Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.
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Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
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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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