The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
JEAN COCTEAUI have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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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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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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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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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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You’ve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
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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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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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