A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
JEAN COCTEAUThe dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
More Jean Cocteau Quotes
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Poetry is indispensable – if I only knew what for.
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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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The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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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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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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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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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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Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work – that’s what makes you unique.
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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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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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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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