Jean Cocteau

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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A film is a petrified fountain of thought. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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