Jean Cocteau Quote Explained: I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love

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Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime.

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Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths.

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· France

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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.

- Jean Cocteau

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· France

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The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.

- Jean Cocteau

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· France

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Expect neither reward nor beatitude. Return noble waves for ignoble.

- Jean Cocteau

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· France

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To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far.

- Jean Cocteau

Artist

· France

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Art is science in the flesh.

- Jean Cocteau

Artist

· France

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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.

- Jean Cocteau

Artist

· France

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

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

Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime.

Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths.

I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.

Expect neither reward nor beatitude. Return noble waves for ignoble.

To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far.

Art is science in the flesh.

The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.

I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain

Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain

To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Explain

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain

Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain

The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain

It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

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

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

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