If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
JEAN COCTEAUArt is science in the flesh.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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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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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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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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