Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
JEAN COCTEAUSince these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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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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The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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You have comfort. You don’t have luxury. And don’t tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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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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If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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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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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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