What did Jean Cocteau mean by: The poet doesn’t invent. He listens. Jean Cocteau Artist · France Copy
+ Silence moves faster when it’s going backward. Author, September 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Movement, Perception, Time, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Audacity, Boundaries, Tact, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ It is not inspiration; it is expiration. Author, June 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Release, Renewal, Transformation, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Justice, Power, Redemption, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Importance, Inspiration, Uncertainty, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Creativity, Expression, Limitation, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ Stupidity is always astounding, no matter how often one encounters it. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Common, Ignorance, Surprising, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Criticism, Expectations, Replication, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
