Jean Cocteau Quotes

To be moved confuses the soul. One cannot convey these kinds of memories any more than the events of a dream......if I have complained too long, it is because my memory, no longer having any fixed abode, has to carry its luggage with it.

plantitIt will sproutBut forget about the rustic festivitiesFor the explosive word falls harmlessly eternal throughthe compact generations

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. I have a knack for disturbing.

Art is science made clear.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

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

Fashion is everything that goes out of fashion.