A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
JEAN COCTEAUEvery day in the mirror I watch death at work.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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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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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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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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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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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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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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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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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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