Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life…

Quote by Jean Cocteau

Topics: Death Quotes

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss...

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss...

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...

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...

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

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...

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted; and if the white students...

If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted; and if the white students...