Quotes by Jean Cocteau

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his...

#Alcohol, #Drugs, #Myths

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not...

#Emotion

You can't expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling

#Luck

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

#Luck

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

#Music

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

#Criticism

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.

#Jean Cocteau

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

#Jean Cocteau

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

#Jean Cocteau