What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
JEAN COCTEAUI have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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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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The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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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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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
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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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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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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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