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Jean Cocteau Quotes

Jean Cocteau quotes

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

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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "Living is a horizontal fall."
Living is a horizontal fall. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world."
The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which..."
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. Jean Cocteau
I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "May the devil himself splatter you with dung."
May the devil himself splatter you with dung. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being..."
I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth."
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery..."
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "A film is a petrified fountain of thought."
A film is a petrified fountain of thought. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads..."
one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for."
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too..."
What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau quote: "The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed."
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed. Jean Cocteau
The world owes its enchantment to these curious creatures and their fancies; but its multiple complicity rejects them. Thistledown spirits, tragic, heartrending in their evanescence, they must go blowing headlong to perdition. Jean Cocteau

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