328 Quotes by Jean Cocteau

plant it It will sproutBut forget about the rustic festivities For the explosive word falls harmlessly eternal throughthe compact generations

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love

The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand … We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.

Čudo, ako potraje, prestaje da bude čudo.Zato priviđenja tako brzo i nestaju.

May the devil himself splatter you with dung.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Everyone's pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness.