More quotes by Jean Cocteau

"Mirrors should think longer before they reflect."
"Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper."
"The poet doesn't invent. He listens."
"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."
"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."