What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
JEAN COCTEAUThe joy of the young is to disobey.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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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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The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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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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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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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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