Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
JEAN COCTEAUThe joy of the young is to disobey.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
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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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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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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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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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You’ve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
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Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
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