The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
JEAN COCTEAUAfter the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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 seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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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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I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
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If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and becomes friendship.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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