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Jean Cocteau Quotes

We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves Picture Quote #1

What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show 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

Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility. It insists on living its own life Picture Quote #1

When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing Picture Quote #1

The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality Picture Quote #1

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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

Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and becomes friendship Picture Quote #1

And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept Picture Quote #1

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

What is line? It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the artist’s presence makes itself felt above that of the model. With the writer, line takes precedence over form and content. It runs through the words he assembles. It strikes a continuous note unperceived by ear or eye. It is, in a way, the soul’s style, and if the line ceases to have a life of its own, if it only describes an arabesque, the soul is missing and the writing dies Picture Quote #1

Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force Picture Quote #1

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We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves (Jean Cocteau Quotes) What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show (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) Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility. It insists on living its own life (Jean Cocteau Quotes) When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing (Jean Cocteau Quotes) The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown 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) Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and becomes friendship (Jean Cocteau Quotes) And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept (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) What is line? It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the artist’s presence makes itself felt above that of the model. With the writer, line takes precedence over form and content. It runs through the words he assembles. It strikes a continuous note unperceived by ear or eye. It is, in a way, the soul’s style, and if the line ceases to have a life of its own, if it only describes an arabesque, the soul is missing and the writing dies (Jean Cocteau Quotes) Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force (Jean Cocteau Quotes)

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