Poetry is a religion with no hope.
JEAN COCTEAUStyle is a simple way of saying complicated things.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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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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And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
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Living is a horizontal fall.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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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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It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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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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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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