Jean Cocteau Quotes on Perception
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True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
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The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.
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The extreme limit of wisdom - that's what the public calls madness.
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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.
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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.