Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings

Need an original paper?
Top Authors
more authors
Popular Topics
more topics
Home > Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings > Authors > Letter "J" > Jean Cocteau Quotes

Research Database of Quotes

It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. Paper-Research now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

QuotationsAuthorsTopicsKeywords

Browse Authors

(Click a letter to view the authors)
A B C D E F G H I
J
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Jean Cocteau Quotes

«I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | About: Animals, Cats, Love, Pets, Soul | Keywords: little by little, visible
«Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | About: Death and dying | Keywords: began, birth, hurried, hurrying, walking
«An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | About: Art | Keywords: discuss, horticulture
«When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | About: Work
«There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | About: Truth
«Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | Keywords: Here I Am
«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.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | Keywords: fashion, frequently, on the other hand, produces
«Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | Keywords: discuss, horticulture
«You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | About: Death and dying | Keywords: bees, glass, hive, hives, The Mirror
«The poet doesn't invent. He listens.»
Author: Jean Cocteau (Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet) | About: Poetry | Keywords: invent, listens, poet
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 Next »
Browse thousands of free essays & term papers as well as free biographies.