A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

Quote by Jean Cocteau

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The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us...

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us...

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...

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

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

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

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

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order...

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order...

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.

There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do...

There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do...

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying...

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying...

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...

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

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

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With...

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With...

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

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...

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

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...

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

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

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

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.