More from Jean Cocteau
Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau 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.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Living is a horizontal fall.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau One must not mistake majority for truth.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on beautiful
Look at yourself in the mirror and don’t be afraid to notice how beautiful you are.
Yoko OnoYoko Ono When you see something beautiful in someone, tell them. It may take a minute to say but for them, it could last forever.
Jessica PickardJessica Pickard Every woman is beautiful and winning in her own way.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Distance makes everything beautiful.
Michael ScottMichael Scott Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
Andre GideAndre Gide The most beautiful stories begin with courage.
Melissa LunaMelissa Luna The Internet is a beautiful thing.
The WeekndThe Weeknd All your patience, trust, and dedication are about to pay off in a beautiful way.
Siza HewwitSiza Hewwit