I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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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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