Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
JEAN COCTEAUI feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
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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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Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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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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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Art is science in the flesh.
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I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.
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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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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.
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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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I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
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I feel myself inhabited by a force or being — very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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You have comfort. You don’t have luxury. And don’t tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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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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