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Famous Jean Cocteau Quotes
“A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.”
“If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.”
Source: The journals of Jean Cocteau
“A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.”
Source: A Call to Order, Written Between the Years 1918 and 1926 and Including
“The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.”
“The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.”
Source: Opium: The Illustrated Diary of His Cure
“Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.”