Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
JEAN COCTEAUI have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.
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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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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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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The only way to kill death is through photography.
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Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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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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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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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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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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