Jean Cocteau

I am a lie who always speaks the truth. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#am #i #i am #lie #speaks

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

— Jean Cocteau

#asks #believed #never #poet #wants

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#artists #bad #fame #give #intoxication

There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#having #only #right #say #them

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#beard #does #headlong #his #last

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#covered #habit #keeps #prevents #realism

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#appears #behind #only #time #work

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#day #death #every #every day #glass

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#artist #asking #discuss #his #horticulture

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#dislike #else #explain #how #i