A good upbringing consists in hiding how much you think of yourself, and how little you think of others.

Quote by Jean Cocteau

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

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

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends.

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death...

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death...

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...

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time...

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time...

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...

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.

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event,...

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event,...

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

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 instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free....

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free....