328 Quotes by Jean Cocteau

The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

The only way to kill death is through photography.

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.

Respect movements, flee schools.

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.

A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.

Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.

When a work of art appears to be in advance of its period, it is really the period that has lagged behind the work of art