Jean Cocteau: Frases em inglês
Frases em inglês.“Poetry is indispensable — if I only knew what for.”
As quoted in The Necessity of Art (1959) by Ernst Fischer, Ch. 1
"Le Secret Professionnel" (originally published 1922); later published in Collected Works Vol. 9 (1950)
A Call to Order (1926)
“Respect movements, flee schools.”
Diary of an Unknown (1988)
“Hasten slowly. Run faster than beauty.”
Diary of an Unknown (1988)
Mettez un lieu commun en place, nettoyez-le, frottez-le, éclairez-le de telle sorte qu'il frappe avec sa jeunesse et avec la même fraîcheur, le même jet qu'il avait à sa source, vous ferez œuvre de poète. Tout le reste est littérature.
"Le Secret Professionnel" (originally published 1922); later published in Collected Works Vol. 9 (1950)
A Call to Order (1926)
Cyril Connolly in The Unquiet Grave (1944; 1951), Part 2
Misattributed
“Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images.”
As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007) by James Geary, p. 159
“I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.”
"Visite" in Discours du Grand Sommeil (1920); later published in Collected Works Vol. 4 (1947)
Opium (1929)
“Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else — and failing.”
Raymond Radiguet, who was quoted by Cocteau in his acceptance speech to the Académie Française (October 1955)
Misattributed
“Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.”
Diary of an Unknown (1988), On Invisibility
“There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.”
On marionettes, as quoted in The New York Times (15 February 1987)
“Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.”
Diary of an Unknown (1988)
On Orson Welles, as quoted in The New York Times (11 October 1985)