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Famous Jean Cocteau Quotes
“I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.”
“To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far.”
“Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.”
“Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.”
“Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.”
“Expect neither reward nor beatitude. Return noble waves for ignoble.”
“Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma.”
“Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends.”
“Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work - that's what makes you unique.”
“Childhood knows what it wants - to leave childhood behind.”
“Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.”
“A picture is not a window...an abstract refers to no reality but its own.”
“A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.”
“The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.”
“Perhaps I know to what extent I can go too far.”
“Lack of manners is the sign of a hero.”
“Living is a horizontal fall.”
“I'm not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty.”
“It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.”