Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
JEAN COCTEAUMay the devil himself splatter you with dung.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.
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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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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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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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And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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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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