Poetry is a religion with no hope.
JEAN COCTEAUEvery day in the mirror I watch death at work.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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You’ve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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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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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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