Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
JEAN COCTEAUFilm will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.
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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
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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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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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You have comfort. You don’t have luxury. And don’t tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and becomes friendship.
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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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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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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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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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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