One must not mistake majority for truth.
JEAN COCTEAUAll good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
-
-
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
JEAN COCTEAU -
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
JEAN COCTEAU -
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
JEAN COCTEAU -
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
JEAN COCTEAU -
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
JEAN COCTEAU -
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
JEAN COCTEAU -
Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
JEAN COCTEAU -
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
JEAN COCTEAU -
We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
JEAN COCTEAU -
There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
JEAN COCTEAU -
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
JEAN COCTEAU -
Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
JEAN COCTEAU -
Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
JEAN COCTEAU -
Art is science in the flesh.
JEAN COCTEAU -
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
JEAN COCTEAU