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Jean Cocteau was a 19th-century French writer and film director. Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th century and highly influential on the Surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.”
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“The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.”
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“Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.”
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“The poet doesn't invent. He listens. ”
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“Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes, these muzzles, these unicorns, these torches, these towers, these martlets, these see...”
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“When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don't. I have a knack for disturbing.”
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