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Jean Cocteau

| Quotations: 13 | Pages: 2

Quotations by Jean Cocteau (July 5, 1889 - October 11, 1963) | dramatist, director, and poet


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Movies
by Jean Cocteau

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

Unsorted
by Jean Cocteau

Art is science made clear.

Art and Artists
by 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.

Poetry
by Jean Cocteau

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

Luck
by Jean Cocteau

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

Taste
by Jean Cocteau

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Tact
by Jean Cocteau

Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.

Tact
by Jean Cocteau

Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Unsorted
by 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 elem ...

Unsorted
by Jean Cocteau

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fail ...


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- Art and Artists (1)
- Luck (2)
- Movies (1)
- Poetry (3)
- Tact (2)
- Taste (1)
- Unsorted (3)
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