Best Jean Cocteau Lines
- Catastrophe, riots, factories blowing up, armies in flight, flood - the ear can detect a whole apocalypse in the starry night of the human body. Apocalypse
- I am burning myself up and will always do so. Burning
- A child's reaction to this type of calamity is twofold and extreme. Not knowing how deeply, powerfully, life drops anchor into its vast sources of… Anchor
- At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious quality is fed on airy nothings,… Adult
- I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes. Bewitching
- There's no such thing as love; only proof of love. Funny
- The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off. Dresses
- Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it.… Acting
- We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves. Disciple
- What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. Always Show
- I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality. Always Preferred
- When we awake it is the animal, the plant, that thinks in us. Primitive thought without the least disguise. We see a terrible universe, because… Animal
- May the devil himself splatter you with dung. Devil
- Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility. It insists on living its own life. Achieve
- Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime. Great
- Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you'll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. All
- Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes, these muzzles, these… Arms
- When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don't.… Disturb
- A little too much is just enough for me. Inspirational
- I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Death
- One sits down first; one thinks afterwards. Afterwards
- And history becomes legend and legend becomes history. Becomes
- Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor,… Bare
- A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system. Car
- Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly. Attitude
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