French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
JEAN COCTEAUAnything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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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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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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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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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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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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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.
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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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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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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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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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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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