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Jean Cocteau Quotes (130 quotes)
 | “One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet.” ―Jean Cocteau Source/Notes: Diary of an Unknown (1988) |
| Source/Notes: Diary of an Unknown (1988) |
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| Source/Notes: Esquire magazine (February 1961) |
| “A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.” ―Jean Cocteau Source/Notes: A Call to Order (1926) |
| Source/Notes: On the journal of Franz Kafka; diary entry (7 June 1953); Past Tense: Diaries Vol. 2 (1988) |
| “All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.” ―Jean Cocteau Source/Notes: Le Coq et l'Arlequin (1918) |
| “An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.” ―Jean Cocteau Source/Notes: Le Coq et l'Arlequin (1918) |
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Jean Cocteau
Born: July 5, 1889
Died: October 11, 1963 (aged 74)
Nationality: French
Occupation: Director, novelist, poet, artist, filmmaker
Bio: Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants terribles, and the films Blood of a Poet, Les Parents terribles, Beauty and the Beast, and Orpheus.
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