Jean Cocteau Quotes

Čudo, ako potraje, prestaje da bude čudo.Zato priviđenja tako brzo i nestaju.

It is dangerous not to conform with people's image of us, because they do not readily retract their opinions.

I am burning myself up and will always do so.

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.

It's perfectly normal that extraordinary things happen to me. I'm an exceptional person. Oh, don't think I'm boasting. I mean to say that, unfortunately, I'm exceptional and that, unfortunately, I can't live by the rules. I must make my own.

We only serve as a model to the portrait of our fame

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

Don’t for a moment believe He was killing the young; He was costuming angels.

The extreme limit of wisdom — that’s what the public calls madness.

Find first, seek later.

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. –

The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world.

Classifiable things reek of death. You must strike out in other spheres . . . quit the ranks. That's the sign of masterpieces and heroes. An original, that's the person to astonish and to rule.

Hasten slowly. Run faster than beauty.

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