I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
JEAN COCTEAUAnd 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.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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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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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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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.
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Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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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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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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