An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
JEAN COCTEAUThe public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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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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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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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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You’ve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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