Quotes by Cocteau, Jean

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This p >>

If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save >>

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order >>

Quotations about Escapism

Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Le >>

There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. I >>

Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved b >>

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.

Cocteau, Jean