I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves. Jean Cocteau More Quotes by Jean Cocteau More Quotes From Jean Cocteau Be a mere assistant to your unconscious. Do only half the work. The rest will do itself. Jean Cocteau unconscious assistants half The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing. Jean Cocteau horse wisdom sports One must be a living man and a posthumous artist. Jean Cocteau artist men art Without resistance you can do nothing Jean Cocteau resistance can-do The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. Jean Cocteau youth joy order He has the manner of a giant with the look of a child, a lazy activeness, a mad wisdom, a solitude encompassing the world. Jean Cocteau mad solitude children The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Jean Cocteau source acceptance rivers The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality. Jean Cocteau spirit writing reality And history becomes legend and legend becomes history. Jean Cocteau legends history It was the East that should have sent us missionaries. Jean Cocteau east should should-have It seems to me that invisibility is the required provision of elegance. Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed. Jean Cocteau invisibility provision elegance Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Jean Cocteau fashion beautiful art Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. Jean Cocteau plant speak artist Art is science made flesh. Jean Cocteau flesh science art One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau accused judging feet Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Jean Cocteau instinct worst fighting The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation. Jean Cocteau humble house night The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul. Jean Cocteau healthy soul laughing The audience bursts into laughter. With the tragic gag I don't expect the audience to laugh (if they do, I have failed) but I expect a black silence from them that is almost as violent: as laughter. Jean Cocteau laughter black silence Love is mainly an affair of short spasms. If these spasms disappoint us, love dies. It is very seldom that it weathers the experience and becomes friendship. Jean Cocteau affair weather love
