What did Jean Cocteau mean by: Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France Copy
+ The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul. Author, August 13, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Happiness, Laughter, Well-being, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Belief, Fame, Poetry, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ He who is affected by an insult is infected by it. Author, July 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Emotions, Influence, Resilience, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Author, January 18, 2024January 15, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Experience, Truth, Wisdom, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Awareness, Immersion, Intensity, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ A picture is not a window…an abstract refers to no reality but its own. Read explanation Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Abstraction, Perception, Reality, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Authenticity, Naturalness, Simplicity, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Inevitability, Mortality, Reflection, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France