The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.
JEAN COCTEAUYou have comfort. You don’t have luxury. And don’t tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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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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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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The joy of the young is to disobey.
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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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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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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