More quotes by Jean Cocteau

"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!"
"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."
"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture."
"Mirrors should think longer before they reflect."
"The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."