Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
JEAN COCTEAUA true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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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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The job of the poet (a job which can’t be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.
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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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Art is science in the flesh.
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We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
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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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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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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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Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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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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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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