Jean Cocteau Quotes

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

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

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
Jean Cocteau

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
Jean Cocteau

I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
Jean Cocteau

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
Jean Cocteau

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.
Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau Quotes
		A film is a petrified fountain of thought. Jean Cocteau Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Topic: Movies Quotes Type: Director Quotes Category: French Director Quotes Date of Birth: July 5, 1889 Date of Death: October 11, 1963 Nationality: French Amazon: Jean Cocteau on Amazon	Related Authors: Jean-Luc Godard Sacha Guitry Francois Truffaut Patrice Leconte Jean-Jacques Annaud Claude Chabrol Marcel Carne Alain Resnais
		Select Jean Cocteau Quotations: There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Jean Cocteau When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. Jean Cocteau It is not I who become addicted, it is my body. Jean Cocteau I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead. Jean Cocteau A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. Jean Cocteau The poet doesn't invent. He listens. Jean Cocteau
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