Jean Cocteau Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Jean Cocteau quotes, Jean Cocteau sayings, and Jean Cocteau proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau
I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? Jean Cocteau
Brutality jumps on me please dont jump so hard beastly fellow flower of tall stature. Jean Cocteau
Too many milieux injure an adaptable sensibility. There was once a chameleon whose owner, to keep it warm, put it on a gaudy Scottish plaid. The chameleon died of fatigue. Jean Cocteau
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little; they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau
I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. Jean Cocteau
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. Jean Cocteau
I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time. Jean Cocteau
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Jean Cocteau
If you have an original idea use it carefully so you won't look like you've just put on a new suit. Jean Cocteau
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. Jean Cocteau
Paris was a free city, an open city, The entire revolution in art happened at that time. Jean Cocteau
Whatever they criticize you for, intensify it. Jean Cocteau
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Jean Cocteau
The only way to make a good film is to know nothing about film making. Jean Cocteau