And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
JEAN COCTEAUWhatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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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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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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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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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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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.
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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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