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.
JEAN COCTEAUAfter the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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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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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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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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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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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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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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