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Letter "J" » Jean Cocteau Quotes
«Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| About:
Death and dying,
Drugs,
Life,
Love
| Keywords:
express train, occurs, opium, other than, racing, smoke
«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.»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| About:
Alcohol,
Drugs,
Lies,
Myths
| Keywords:
alcohol, by any means, disguises, disposal, inaccuracy, myth, unable, withdraw, withdrawing, withdraws
«Style is a simple way of saying complicated things»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| About:
Style
| Keywords:
complicated, style
«The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.»
«Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| Keywords:
became, film, inexpensive, materials
«Enough of clouds, waves, aquariums, water-sprites and nocturnal scents; what we need is music of the earth, everyday music...music one can live in like a house.»
«The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.»
«He has the manner of a giant with the look of a child, a lazy activeness, a mad wisdom, a solitude encompassing the world.»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| Keywords:
activeness, encompass, encompassed, encompasses, encompassing, giant, lazy
«Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| About:
Self-esteem
| Keywords:
blames, cultivate
«A film is a petrified fountain of thought.»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| About:
Movies
| Keywords:
film, fountain, petrified, petrifies, petrifying
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