Quotes by Cocteau, Jean

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. >>

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produc >>

I am a lie who always speaks the truth. >>

Quotations about Adversity

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity a >>

I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I w >>

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own s >>

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

Cocteau, Jean