Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
JEAN COCTEAUTact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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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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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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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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The only way to kill death is through photography.
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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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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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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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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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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