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Jean Cocteau Quotes

Jean Cocteau quotes

French Director, Writer, Poet July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963

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Jean Cocteau quote: "Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious."
Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "After the writer's death, reading his journal is like..."
After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Jean Cocteau
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. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is..."
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious... Poetry is a religion without hope. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the..."
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau
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
Jean Cocteau quote: "The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking..."
The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Jean Cocteau
What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. Jacques felt himself growing gloomy again. He was well aware that to live on earth a man must follow its fashions, and hearts were no longer worn. Jean Cocteau
The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee. Jean Cocteau
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
Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "Film will only became an art when its materials are as..."
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. Jean Cocteau
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious quality is fed on airy nothings, whose substance is so ill-fitted to withstand the brutal touch of adult inquisition. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can..."
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "Art is not a pastime but a priesthood."
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood. Jean Cocteau

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