It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
JEAN COCTEAUPoetry is a religion with no hope.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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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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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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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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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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You have comfort. You don’t have luxury. And don’t tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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