The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

Quote by Jean Cocteau

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You can't expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling

You can't expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so...

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so...

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...

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those...

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those...

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

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

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life is a horizontal fall.

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they...

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they...

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save...

If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save...

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

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.

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...

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.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me,...

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me,...

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.