Quotes about Jean Cocteau

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order...

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

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

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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

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

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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and...

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Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which...

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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying...

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

#Jean Cocteau