A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. Jean Cocteau Read Quote
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. Jean Cocteau Read Quote
There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard. Jean Cocteau Read Quote
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. Jean Cocteau Read Quote
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Jean Cocteau Read Quote
