Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.
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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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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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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 these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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