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Jean Cocteau (1990). “Opium: The Illustrated Diary of His Cure”, Peter Owen Publishers The job of the poet (a job which can't be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.
Beauty and the Beast Quotes. “En France, on a d'abord considéré la bonté comme une forme de la bêtise, la méchanceté comme une forme de l'intelligence. Maintenant la politesse est considérée comme du temps perdu.”. “I constantly regretted having to cut out bits of intense poetry.
Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929), and the films Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Orpheus (1949). 46 quotes 5,586 visits
The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world. Jean Cocteau. Stupid, Smell, Drug. Jean Cocteau (1932). “Opium: The Diary of an Addict”. If an addict who has been completely cured starts smoking again he no longer experiences the discomfort of his first addiction.
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Jean Cocteau quotes, Jean Cocteau sayings, and Jean Cocteau proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'. Poetry is indispensable --if I only knew what for. Jean Cocteau. 0. Copy. The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
Like. “Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.”. ― Jean Cocteau, Opium: The Diary of His Cure. 7 likes. Like.
Jean Cocteau. - More quotations on: [ Luck] The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head. Jean Cocteau, Journey to Freedom (1969)
