Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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
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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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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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The only way to kill death is through photography.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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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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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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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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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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