If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
JEAN COCTEAUMy method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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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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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.
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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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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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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
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