The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
Quotes By Jean Cocteau
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The extreme limit of wisdom that's what the public calls madness.
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I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we...
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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free....
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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life...
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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent...
Quotes About Poetry
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He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to...
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Poetry asks people to have values form opinions care about some other part...
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For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly...
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I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good...
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All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently link by link with sweat and...
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I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.
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Some say they see poetry in my paintings I see only science.