More quotes by Jean Cocteau

"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."
"Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes, these muzzles, these unicorns, these torches, these towers, these martlets, these seedlings of stars and these fields of blue!"
"Mirrors should think longer before they reflect."
"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."
"An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original."