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Jean Cocteau Quotes

French - Director | July 5, 1889 - October 11, 1963

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Style Simple Saying Complicated Way

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

Art Artist Copy Be Original Original

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

Truth Liar Poetry Always Poet Who

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

Love Home Cats Pet Soul Enjoy

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.

Friendship God Best Me Friends Lost

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.

Man Beard Always Last Off He

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

Good Music Feelings Mysterious

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.

Work Time Ahead Behind Only Appears

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Silence Going Faster Moves Backward

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

Habit Seeing True Things Realism Us

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.

Man Alcohol Moments Comfort Escape

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

Marriage Art Unconscious Conscious

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