What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
JEAN COCTEAUFilm will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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Art is science in the flesh.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and becomes friendship.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.
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I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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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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When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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