Quotes by Jean Cocteau

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

#Jean Cocteau

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our...

#Jean Cocteau

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me,...

#Jean Cocteau

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event,...

#Jean Cocteau

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

#Jean Cocteau

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

#Honesty, #Lies, #Truth

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

#Jobs, #Literature, #Poetry

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

#Poverty, #Wealth

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

#Poets

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself

#Self-esteem

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

#Style

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

#Reading, #Writers