May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
JEAN COCTEAUThe public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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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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Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the performance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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The only way to kill death is through photography.
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The job of the poet (a job which can’t be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.
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Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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