Quotes by Jean Cocteau

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

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

#Blackmail

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

#Sarcastic Life

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

#Funny, #Sarcastic

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

#Self Acceptance