I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
JEAN COCTEAUThe extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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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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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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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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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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