The only way to kill death is through photography.
JEAN COCTEAUThe eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.
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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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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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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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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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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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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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