A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
Jean Cocteau
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More quotes by Jean Cocteau
- 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 artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
- Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
- Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
- Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.