Lightnings Words

“He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.”
― Jean Cocteau

“Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal… unnable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort, the trifling feeling of escape experienced at a masked ball. He distances himself from that which he feels and sees. He invents. He transfigures. He mythifies. He creates. He fancies himself an artist. He imitates, in his small way, the painters he claims are mad.”
― Jean Cocteau

“The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.”
― Jean Cocteau

“Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.”
― Jean Cocteau