Jean Cocteau

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#comfort #ecstasy #height #hermit #his

If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#choose #crowd #crucified #save #who

In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#content #everybody #nobody #paris #spectator

Life is a horizontal fall. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#horizontal #life #life is a

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#gods #infinity #known #mysteries #mystery

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#living #man #must #posthumous

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#differently #draw #handwriting #poets #their

Silence moves faster when it's going backward. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#faster #going #moves #silence

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#greatest #literature #masterpiece #only #order

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#go #identify #louvre #you #your