I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
JEAN COCTEAUArt is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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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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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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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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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
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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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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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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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Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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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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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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