An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
JEAN COCTEAUI love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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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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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
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My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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