What did Jean Cocteau mean by: Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself. Jean Cocteau Artist · France Copy
+ 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
+ We only serve as a model for the portrait of our fame. Author, July 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Identity, Reputation, Success, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Protection, Responsibility, Self, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ The artist must know how far to go too far. Author, June 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Balance, Creativity, Limitations, 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
+ Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Communication, Creativity, Expression, 0 Jean Cocteau Artist · France
+ One sits down first; one thinks afterwards. Author, October 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Cocteau, Action, Preparation, Reflection, 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
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
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. Read explanation Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
