I 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.
JEAN COCTEAU
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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I 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.
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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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Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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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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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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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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Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
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Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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