I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't like?

Quote by Jean Cocteau

Topics: Sarcastic Life Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

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...

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...

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 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,...

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

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward...

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward...

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Imperfection is an end. Perfection is only an aim.

Imperfection is an end. Perfection is only an aim.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.