Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.
JEAN COCTEAUFight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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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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Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
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Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
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Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility… It insists on living its own life.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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