I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
JEAN COCTEAUArt produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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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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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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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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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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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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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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