I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
JEAN COCTEAUWe shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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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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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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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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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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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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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, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility… It insists on living its own life.
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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