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

Quote by Jean Cocteau

Topics: Funny Quotes, Sarcastic Quotes

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.

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

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

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life is a horizontal fall.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects...

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...

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...

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it...

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it...

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

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

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his...

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his...

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent...

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent...

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.

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...

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...

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

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,...

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...

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has yet found a way...

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has yet found a way...

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

Kids, don't do drugs. Just be aware. They exist, they are real.

Kids, don't do drugs. Just be aware. They exist, they are real.

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life

Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life