328 Quotes by Jean Cocteau

Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.

The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality.

Art is science in the flesh.

The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders.

I am happy to exhibit, but not to put myself on exhibition.

Beauty makes one lose one's head. Poetry is born of this decapitation

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself.

Don’t confuse the truth with the opinion of the majority.