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Jean Cocteau Quotes

Celebrity: I picture myself as a marble bust with legs to run everywhere Picture Quote #1

It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious Picture Quote #1

Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime Picture Quote #1

Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them Picture Quote #1

Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping Picture Quote #1

I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul Picture Quote #1

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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail Picture Quote #1

To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far Picture Quote #1

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them Picture Quote #1

If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed Picture Quote #1

I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality Picture Quote #1

The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation Picture Quote #1

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If an addict who has been completely cured starts smoking again he no longer experiences the discomfort of his first addiction. There exists, therefore, outside alkaloids and habit, a sense for opium, an intangible habit which lives on, despite the recasting of the organism. The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house Picture Quote #1

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Celebrity: I picture myself as a marble bust with legs to run everywhere (Jean Cocteau Quotes) It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping (Jean Cocteau Quotes) I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail (Jean Cocteau Quotes) To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far (Jean Cocteau Quotes) There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them (Jean Cocteau Quotes) If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed (Jean Cocteau Quotes) I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality (Jean Cocteau Quotes) The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation (Jean Cocteau Quotes) If an addict who has been completely cured starts smoking again he no longer experiences the discomfort of his first addiction. There exists, therefore, outside alkaloids and habit, a sense for opium, an intangible habit which lives on, despite the recasting of the organism. The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house (Jean Cocteau Quotes)

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