A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
JEAN COCTEAUSilence moves faster when it’s going backward.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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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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My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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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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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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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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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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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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You have comfort. You don’t have luxury. And don’t tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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