The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
JEAN COCTEAUI have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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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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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility… It insists on living its own life.
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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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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.
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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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