Jean Cocteau Quotes
We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
"Cock and harlequin: Notes concerning music". Book by Jean Cocteau, 1921.
If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
Jean Cocteau (1964). “The journals of Jean Cocteau”
Jean Cocteau, Margaret Crosland (1972). “Cocteau's world: an anthology of writings”, Owen
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
Newsweek, May 16, 1955.
"Diary of an Unknown". Book by Jean Cocteau, 1988.
Jean Cocteau (1990). “Opium: The Illustrated Diary of His Cure”, Peter Owen Publishers
Jean Cocteau (1987). “Paris album: 1900-1914”
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Remark after his election to Académie Française, 1955.