Quotes by Cocteau, Jean

A film is a petrified fountain of thought. >>

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

Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have >>

Quotations about Imitation

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic. >>

Man is an idiot. He doesn't know how to do anything without copying, w >>

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. >>

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

Cocteau, Jean