Best quotes by Jean Cocteau on Art

Checkout quotes by Jean Cocteau on Art

• ‟ An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

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• ‟ Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

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• ‟ Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

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• ‟ An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

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• ‟ The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

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• ‟ Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

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