+ Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Introspection, Reflection, Self-awareness, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ A little too much is just enough for me. Author, July 31, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Desire, Excess, Satisfaction, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ Be a mere assistant to your unconscious. Do only half the work. The rest will do itself. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Effortlessness, Productivity, Unconscious, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance. Author, August 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Aesthetics, Depth, Perception, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Admiration, Misunderstanding, Tragedy, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Enemies, Friends, Understanding, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Achievement, Humility, Rejection, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Interpretation, Perception, Truth, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
