About Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (UK: KOK-toh, US: kok-TOH; French: [ʒɑ̃ mɔʁis øʒɛn klemɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-century and hugely influential on...
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I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.