Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
JEAN COCTEAUStyle is a simple way of saying complicated things.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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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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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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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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Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.
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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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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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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 only way to kill death is through photography.
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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
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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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