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Fight any instinct to be humor...

Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Look out! Be on your guard, be...

Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

One is either judge or accused...

One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Beauty cannot be recognized wi...

Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

The poet, by composing poems, ...

The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

The ability to laugh heartily ...

The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

I expect a black silence that ...

I expect a black silence that is almost as violent as laughter.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Poetry is a religion with no h...

Poetry is a religion with no hope.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

People seek escape in myth by ...

People seek escape in myth by any means at their disposal, including drugs, alcohol, meditation, and lies.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

The artist must know how far t...

The artist must know how far to go too far.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

A picture is not a window...an...

A picture is not a window...an abstract refers to no reality but its own.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

The composer opens the cage do...

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

You have comfort. You don't ha...

You have comfort. You don't have luxury. And don't tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

May the devil himself splatter...

May the devil himself splatter you with dung.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Whatever the world condemns yo...

Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

I want the kind of readers who...

I want the kind of readers who remain children at any cost. I can tell them at a glance: loyalty to that first enchantment guards better than any cosmetic; than any diet, against the insults of age. But alas for such readers, who would huddle safe and sound in the asylum of their credulous enchantment as if in the womb-our enervating century offends them by its chaos, its fidgets of light and space, the host of its excuses for dividing , for rending oneself from others and from oneself.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Continue reading Proust. His m...

Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

And now I have to confess the ...

And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

One must be a living man and a...

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Poetry, being elegance itself,...

Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility. It insists on living its own life.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

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