Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
JEAN COCTEAUI love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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I 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.
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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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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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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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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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