The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
JEAN COCTEAUElegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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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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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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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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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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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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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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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
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