The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. Jean Cocteau beatbeginfail share on social
The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness. Jean Cocteau callextremelimit Change image and share on social
I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead. Jean Cocteau deadgreatnews Change image and share on social
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. Jean Cocteau artbeautifulfashion Change image and share on social
There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard. Jean Cocteau beardheadlongman Change image and share on social
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. Jean Cocteau artartistbad Change image and share on social
Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs. Jean Cocteau actbackwardcommission share on social
