Cocteau
The Enchanter
Mirrors would do well to reflect. Jean touched everything. Poetry, cinema, drawing. His life was his work.
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Life and journey
Jean touched everything with grace. lie that always tells the truth.
Their thought
Poetry everywhere. marvelous in the everyday. inner world.
What they leave us
eternal enchanter. light and deep. art as a serious celebration.
Major works
Les Enfants Terribles (1929).
Beauty and the Beast (1946).
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6 quotes
“Puisque ces mystères me dépassent, feignons d'en être l'organisateur.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Since these mysteries surpass me, let's pretend to be its organizer.”
— Inconnu
“La mode meurt jeune.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Fashion dies young.”
— Inconnu
“Ce que le public te reproche, cultive-le : c'est toi.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“What the public reproaches you for, cultivate it: it's you.”
— Inconnu
“Le verbe aimer est difficile à conjuguer : son passé n'est pas simple, son présent n'est qu'indicatif, et son futur est toujours conditionnel.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The verb to love is difficult to conjugate: its past is not simple, its present is only indicative, and its future is always conditional.”
— Inconnu
“Un artiste ne peut parler de son art que s'il est un mauvais artiste.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“An artist can only talk about his art if he is a bad artist.”
— Inconnu
“Le rêve est la preuve du monde spirituel.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The dream is the proof of the spiritual world.”
— Inconnu
