The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
JEAN COCTEAUAnything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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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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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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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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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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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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