When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
JEAN COCTEAUPoetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility… It insists on living its own life.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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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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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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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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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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Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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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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If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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