Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths.
JEAN COCTEAUPoetry is a religion with no hope.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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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.
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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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You have comfort. You don’t have luxury. And don’t tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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