328 Quotes by Jean Cocteau

Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.

Nothing is more intriguing than a still photograph in the middle of a motion picture... Just as an accident is a cry changed into silence and not a silence after a cry, photography is speed rendered motionless...

Childhood knows what it wants - to leave childhood behind.

The runner stopped dead, lost his balance, froze in one of those violent attitudes in which the photographers petrify living reality.

The poet Paul Éluard says that to understand my film version of Beauty and the Beast, you must love your dog more than your car.

Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.

What is style? For many people, a very complicated way of saying very simple things. According to us, a very simple way of saying very complicated things.

Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.

Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends.