More quotes by Jean Cocteau

"Mirrors should think longer before they reflect."
"I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another."
"The poet doesn't invent. He listens."
"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture."
"Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper."