Jean Cocteau
mirror reflect
“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.”
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
public criticize cultivate
“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.”
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
self original
“Be yourself. The world worships the original.”
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
luck success dislike
“We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?”
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
birth death walk hurry
“The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.”
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
too much enough
“A little too much is just enough for me.”
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
style simple complicated
"Style is a simple way of saying complicated things."
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
poet liar truth
“The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.”
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
mistake majority truth
"One must not mistake majority for truth."
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
specialist specialty delicate finesse
"Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force."
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
living horizontal fall
"Living is a horizontal fall."
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
french italian people mood France Italy
"French people are Italian people in a bad mood."
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
extreme wisdom madness
"The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness."
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
joy young disobeu disobedience
"The joy of the young is to disobey."
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
art fashion ugly beautiful time
"Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time."
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
mirror reflect image
"Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images."
— Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)