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 artists of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements and...
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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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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
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Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.