French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
JEAN COCTEAUWhen 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.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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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.
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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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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.
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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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You’ve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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