More quotes by Jean Cocteau

"The poet doesn't invent. He listens."
"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."
"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."
"I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?"
"An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original."