328 Quotes by Jean Cocteau

Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot, which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie

We only serve as a model for the portrait of our fame.

One must not mistake majority for truth.

My only politics have been friendship.

Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.

The preservation of friendship is seen as opportunism. You are required to be in one camp or the other. You are enjoined to cut your heartstrings if they extend across the barricade.

Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind.

Celebrity: I picture myself as a marble bust with legs to run everywhere.