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Love is mainly an affair of s...

Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and becomes friendship.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

A car can massage organs whic...

A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Art is science made flesh. ...

Art is science made flesh.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Childhood knows what it wants...

Childhood knows what it wants - to leave childhood behind.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

The artist must know how far ...

The artist must know how far to go too far.

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

A child's reaction to this ty...

A child's reaction to this type of calamity is twofold and extreme. Not knowing how deeply, powerfully, life drops anchor into its vast sources of recuperation, he is bound to envisage, at once, the very worst; yet at the same time, because of his inability to imagine death, the worst remains totally unreal to him. Gerard went on repeating: "Paul's dying; Paul's going to die"' but he did not believe it. Paul's death would be part of the dream, a dream of snow, of journeying forever.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Mirrors would do well to refl...

Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

I have never felt any connect...

I have never felt any connection with my family. There is?I must say simply?something in me that is not in my family. That was not visible in my father or mother. I do not know its origin.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

The ultimate politeness in ar...

The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

The actual tragedies of life b...

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizzare which seems inherent in them.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Do not take up cause against t...

Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

My method is simple: not to bo...

My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

He who is affected by an insul...

He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Expect neither reward nor beat...

Expect neither reward nor beatitude. Return noble waves for ignoble.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Elegance ceases to exist when ...

Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Do as the beautiful woman: see...

Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Compromise yourself. Obscure y...

Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Poetry is a religion without h...

Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the perform-ance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

Do not fear being ridiculous i...

Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.

Jean Cocteau 271 quotes

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