The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
JEAN COCTEAUI 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.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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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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When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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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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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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When 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.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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