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Jean Cocteau Quotes

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death Picture Quote #1

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them Picture Quote #1

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive Picture Quote #1

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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

I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another Picture Quote #1

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up Picture Quote #1

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become it's visible soul Picture Quote #1

What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end; legends are lies which become history in the end Picture Quote #1

That pile of paper on his left side went on living like the watch on a dead soldier's wrist Picture Quote #1

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Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally Picture Quote #1

People would say to Al Brown: You are not a boxer. You are a dancer. He laughed at this, and won Picture Quote #1

Be a constant outrage to modesty there is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind Picture Quote #1

Disavow anyone who provokes or accepts the extermination of a race to which he does not belong Picture Quote #1

Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known Picture Quote #1

Accuracy is vexing to a crowd of would - be fantasizers. Hasn't our age coined the term escapism, when in fact the only way to escape oneself is to allow oneself to be invaded? Picture Quote #1

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It seems to me that invisibility is the required provision of elegance. Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed Picture Quote #1

Inspiration arrived as a result of profound indolence... I awoke with a start and witnessed as from a seat in a theatre, three acts of a potentially awesome play Picture Quote #1

Keep braiding one’s wavelengths back into oneself. That way they gain all the more external power and surround us with a huge affective and protective zone. Don’t talk about this. Never talk about our secret methods. If we talk about them, they stop working Picture Quote #1

The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living Picture Quote #1

After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting Picture Quote #1

Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing Picture Quote #1

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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done Picture Quote #1

You are always concentrated on the inner thing. The moment one becomes aware of the crowd, performs for the crowd, it is spectacle Picture Quote #1

Poetry is an ethic. By ethic I mean a secret code of behavior, a discipline constructed and conducted according to the capabilities of a man who rejects the falsifications of the categorical imperative Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original Picture Quote #1

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Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death (Jean Cocteau Quotes) The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them (Jean Cocteau Quotes) You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie (Jean Cocteau Quotes) 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 Quotes) All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by it's mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it (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) I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another (Jean Cocteau Quotes) The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up (Jean Cocteau Quotes) I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become it's visible soul (Jean Cocteau Quotes) What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end; legends are lies which become history in the end (Jean Cocteau Quotes) That pile of paper on his left side went on living like the watch on a dead soldier's wrist (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally (Jean Cocteau Quotes) People would say to Al Brown: You are not a boxer. You are a dancer. He laughed at this, and won (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Be a constant outrage to modesty there is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Disavow anyone who provokes or accepts the extermination of a race to which he does not belong (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Accuracy is vexing to a crowd of would - be fantasizers. Hasn't our age coined the term escapism, when in fact the only way to escape oneself is to allow oneself to be invaded? (Jean Cocteau Quotes) It seems to me that invisibility is the required provision of elegance. Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Inspiration arrived as a result of profound indolence... I awoke with a start and witnessed as from a seat in a theatre, three acts of a potentially awesome play (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Keep braiding one’s wavelengths back into oneself. That way they gain all the more external power and surround us with a huge affective and protective zone. Don’t talk about this. Never talk about our secret methods. If we talk about them, they stop working (Jean Cocteau Quotes) The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living (Jean Cocteau Quotes) After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing (Jean Cocteau Quotes) The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done (Jean Cocteau Quotes) You are always concentrated on the inner thing. The moment one becomes aware of the crowd, performs for the crowd, it is spectacle (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Poetry is an ethic. By ethic I mean a secret code of behavior, a discipline constructed and conducted according to the capabilities of a man who rejects the falsifications of the categorical imperative (Jean Cocteau Quotes) 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 (Jean Cocteau Quotes) To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far (Jean Cocteau Quotes) An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original (Jean Cocteau Quotes)

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