Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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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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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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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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Art is science in the flesh.
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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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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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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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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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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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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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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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