Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
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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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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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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Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
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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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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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If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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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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I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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You 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.
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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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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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