The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
JEAN COCTEAUYouth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.
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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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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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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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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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Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique.
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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the performance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.
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