I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting.
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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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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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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
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Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.
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I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
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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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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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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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