The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
JEAN COCTEAUThere’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don’t like – then cultivate it. That’s the only part of your work that’s individual and worth keeping.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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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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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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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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Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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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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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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The job of the poet (a job which can’t be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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