Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.
JEAN COCTEAUWhatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility… It insists on living its own life.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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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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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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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 extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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