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Famous Jean Cocteau Quotes
“The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world.”
“If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.”
“I am burning myself up and will always do so.”
“I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes.”
“What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show.”
“Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime.”
“Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you'll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive.”
“A little too much is just enough for me.”
“I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love”
“One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.”
“The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.”
“The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders.”
“Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself.”
“Everyone's pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness.”
“The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.”
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.”
“Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.”
“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”