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Famous Jean Cocteau Quotes
“The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.”
“There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.”
“Beauty makes one lose one's head. Poetry is born of this decapitation”
“The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.”
“Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.”
“Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture.”
“Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.”
“Be a mere assistant to your unconscious. Do only half the work. The rest will do itself.”
“Don't for a moment believe He was killing the young; He was costuming angels.”
“Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.”
“Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.”
“Celebrity: I picture myself as a marble bust with legs to run everywhere.”
“Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.”
“A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.”
“I am happy to exhibit, but not to put myself on exhibition.”