More quotes by Jean Cocteau

"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."
"Life is a horizontal fall."
"Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper."
"Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time."
"The poet doesn't invent. He listens."