Jean Cocteau

How admirable the attitude of one who has made good use of the time granted him and who did not interfere by trying to be his own judge. Duration of human life belongs to those who mould each moment, sculpture it and do not trouble about the verdict.

لا يوجد داء أخطر من الديكتاتورية، إنها تخرب المدن وتطمس العائلات وتبيد البيوت

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

No se debe confundir la verdad con la opinión de la mayoría.

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

The map of our life is folded in such a way that we cannot see one main road across it, but as it is opened out, we are constantly seeing new side roads. We think we are choosing, and we have no choice.

A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

May the devil himself splatter you with dung.

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.

Do not close the circle. Leave it open. Descartes closes the circle. Pascal leaves it open. Rousseau's triumph over the encyclopedists is to have left his circle open when they closed theirs.

Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail.

You’ve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you'll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive.