Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Quote by Jean Cocteau

Topics: Jean Cocteau Quotes

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...

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the...

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the...

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life is a horizontal fall.

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...

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.

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

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

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not...

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not...

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...

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....

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

Lying rides upon debt's back.

Lying rides upon debt's back.

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him...

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him...