Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

Quote by Jean Cocteau

Topics: Jean Cocteau Quotes

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life is a horizontal fall.

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and...

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and...

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his...

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his...

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.

In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This...

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This...

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its...

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its...

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our...

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our...

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which...

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which...

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his...

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his...

Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!

Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

How come if drugs kill millions of brain cells, it never killed the ones that...

How come if drugs kill millions of brain cells, it never killed the ones that...

I drag my myth around with me

I drag my myth around with me