Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.
JEAN COCTEAUPoetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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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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I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.
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Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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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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Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.
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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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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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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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Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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