Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet's job. The rest is literature.
French people are Italian people in a bad mood. - Jean Cocteau
French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
- Jean Cocteau
Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts. - Jean Cocteau
Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape. - Jean Cocteau
The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. - Jean Cocteau
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel. - Jean Cocteau
We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
One must not mistake majority for truth. - Jean Cocteau
One must not mistake majority for truth.
Mirrors should think longer before they reflect. - Jean Cocteau
Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul. - Jean Cocteau
The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
Living is a horizontal fall. - Jean Cocteau
Living is a horizontal fall.
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