We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.
Quotes from Le Coq et l’Arlequin — Jean Cocteau
1889–1963 France
14 quotes
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas .
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
The extreme limit of wisdom — that’s what the public calls madness.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you.
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean Cocteau (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.