Jean Cocteau

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things that always become ugly with time.

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Jean Cocteau

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

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Jean Cocteau

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

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Jean Cocteau

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

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Jean Cocteau

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

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Jean Cocteau

I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.

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Jean Cocteau

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

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Jean Cocteau

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

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Jean Cocteau

I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.

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Jean Cocteau

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

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Jean Cocteau

I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, they become its visible soul.

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Jean Cocteau

I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, they become its visible soul.

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Jean Cocteau

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

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