There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. — Jean Cocteau
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. — Jean Cocteau
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like? — Jean Cocteau
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. — Jean Cocteau
The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly. — Jean Cocteau
Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect — Jean Cocteau
The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. — Jean Cocteau
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
There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul. — Jean Cocteau
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. — Jean Cocteau
If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. — Jean Cocteau