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Quotes by Jean Cocteau
- A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
- A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
- After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
- All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
- An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
- Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
- Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
- Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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