Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
JEAN COCTEAUBeauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths.
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And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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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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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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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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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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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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After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting.
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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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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