An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
JEAN COCTEAUFrench people are Italian people in a bad mood.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
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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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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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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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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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