I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.
JEAN COCTEAUYouth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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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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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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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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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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Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
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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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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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