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

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

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About Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, painter, and filmmaker.

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Alternative Names: Clément Eugène Jean Pierre Cocteau Zhan Kokto Eugène Jean Maurice Cocteau Eugene Jean Maurice Cocteau
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it.

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[C]ourageous film-makers, who take no account of success, prove that cinematography is a medium for realism and lyricism, and that everything depends on the angle from which one observes the spectacle of life — the angle from which they constrain us to share a singular vision of things and emphasize the everyday miracle that lies within them.

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