You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.

Quote by Jean Cocteau

Topics: Death Quotes

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

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...

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...

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 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 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,...

I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy...

I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy...

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

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...

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.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

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...

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

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

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life is a horizontal fall.

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say...

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say...

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

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

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 poet doesn't invent. He listens.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

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...

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...