Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
JEAN COCTEAUMirrors should think longer before they reflect.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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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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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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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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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I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.
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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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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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