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Jean Cocteau Quote: “The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery.”

201. “The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.”

202. “We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “A picture neither saddening nor gladdening I fear; neither beautiful nor ugly.”

203. “A picture neither saddening nor gladdening I fear; neither beautiful nor ugly.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “How admirable the attitude of one who has made good use of the time granted him and who did not interfere by trying to be his own judge. Duration of human life belongs to those who mould each moment, sculpture it and do not trouble about the verdict.”

204. “How admirable the attitude of one who has made good use of the time granted him and who did not interfere by trying to be his own judge. Duration of human life belongs to those who mould each moment, sculpture it and do not trouble about the verdict.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.”

205. “Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it.”

206. “One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “I am a lie that always speaks the truth.”

207. “I am a lie that always speaks the truth.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “Poetry is a machine that manufactures love. Its other virtues escape me.”

208. “Poetry is a machine that manufactures love. Its other virtues escape me.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.”

209. “Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “It is in this way that a war is disastrous. If it does not kill, it transmits to some an energy alien to their own resources; to others it permits what the law forbids and accustoms them to short cuts. It artificially glorifies ingenuity, pity, daring. A whole younger generation believes itself to be sublime and collapses when it has to draw on itself for patriotism and fate.”

210. “It is in this way that a war is disastrous. If it does not kill, it transmits to some an energy alien to their own resources; to others it permits what the law forbids and accustoms them to short cuts. It artificially glorifies ingenuity, pity, daring. A whole younger generation believes itself to be sublime and collapses when it has to draw on itself for patriotism and fate.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “When I make a film, it is a sleep in which I am dreaming.”

211. “When I make a film, it is a sleep in which I am dreaming.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.”

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

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “I grant you that, if you’ll admit, as I do, that we are pawns of an unknown force that lives within us that dictates our actions and compels us to speak this language.”

213. “I grant you that, if you’ll admit, as I do, that we are pawns of an unknown force that lives within us that dictates our actions and compels us to speak this language.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “Delicious was not a term applicable to anything below the crust of that volcano, whose heady vapors numbed his ravished senses.”

214. “Delicious was not a term applicable to anything below the crust of that volcano, whose heady vapors numbed his ravished senses.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.”

215. “The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “There is neither magic nor master’s eye. Only a great deal of love and a great deal of work.”

216. “There is neither magic nor master’s eye. Only a great deal of love and a great deal of work.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “I constantly regretted having to cut out bits of intense poetry. But one mustn’t, at any cost, be seduced by an attractive idea if it hasn’t got its right place.”

217. “I constantly regretted having to cut out bits of intense poetry. But one mustn’t, at any cost, be seduced by an attractive idea if it hasn’t got its right place.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “It is, it seems, a social crime to desire solitude.”

218. “It is, it seems, a social crime to desire solitude.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “When I think of all the books I have yet to read, I am sure that I am still happy.”

219. “When I think of all the books I have yet to read, I am sure that I am still happy.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “Never, shrieked Paul, would he consent to meet the “filthy Jew”: he was coming along tomorrow at the appointed hour to slap his face.”

220. “Never, shrieked Paul, would he consent to meet the “filthy Jew”: he was coming along tomorrow at the appointed hour to slap his face.”

— Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quote: “I am neither cheerful nor sad. But i can be completely the one or completely the other to excess.”

221. “I am neither cheerful nor sad. But i can be completely the one or completely the other to excess.”

— Jean Cocteau

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