Jean Cocteau
France
5 Jul 1889 // 1963
Poet, / Novelist / Dramatist
5 Jul 1889 // 1963
Poet, / Novelist / Dramatist
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Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images
Life is a horizontal fall
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture
A film is a petrified garden of thought
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays