May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
JEAN COCTEAUAn artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.
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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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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
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I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
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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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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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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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