Quote #39
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
More from Jean Cocteau
- All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
- In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.
- An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
- Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
- One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.
- The extreme limit of wisdom - that's what the public calls madness.
- Art is science made clear.
- If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas .