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.
JEAN COCTEAUBeauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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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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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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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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Living is a horizontal fall.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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