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.
JEAN COCTEAUWe shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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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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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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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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My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.
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After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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