The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
JEAN COCTEAUThe poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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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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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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The job of the poet (a job which can’t be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.
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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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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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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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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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