Author: Jean Cocteau

Quotes

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

- Jean Cocteau

There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.

There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.

- Jean Cocteau

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

- Jean Cocteau

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

- Jean Cocteau

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

- Jean Cocteau

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

- Jean Cocteau

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.

- Jean Cocteau

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

- Jean Cocteau

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

- Jean Cocteau

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