Quote #11
'Du Reve' in La Difficulte d'Etre [The Difficulty of Being] (1947)
More from Jean Cocteau
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- The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
- After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
- Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.
- Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he…
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- An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.