Author: Jean Cocteau

Quotes

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

- 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

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

- Jean Cocteau

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

- 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

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

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

- 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

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