Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. Jean Cocteau complicatesimplestyle Change image and share on social
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for. Jean Cocteau indispensableknowpoetry Change image and share on social
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood. Jean Cocteau artpastimepriesthood Change image and share on social
Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death. Jean Cocteau concerndeathexpress share on social
You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive. Jean Cocteau beedaydeath Change image and share on social
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body. Jean Cocteau addictbody Change image and share on social
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them. Jean Cocteau actualbearbewilder share on social
Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently. Jean Cocteau differentlydrawhandwriting Change image and share on social
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. Jean Cocteau artfilminexpensive Change image and share on social
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? Jean Cocteau explainlucksuccess Change image and share on social
