I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
JEAN COCTEAUMirrors should think longer before they reflect.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the performance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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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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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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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and becomes friendship.
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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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