Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility… It insists on living its own life.
JEAN COCTEAUPoetry is a religion with no hope.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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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 reflect a little before throwing back images.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
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Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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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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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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