Jean Cocteau: Quotes about art
Jean Cocteau was French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. Explore interesting quotes on art.Jean Cocteau: 246 quotes23 likes
“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”
As quoted in Newsweek (16 May 1955) Variant translation: Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.
As quoted in New York World Telegram & Sun (21 August 1960); also in Threads: My Life Behind the Seams in the High-Stakes World of Fashion (2004) by Joseph Abboud, p. 79
“Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you.”
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
“Film will only become an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.”
As quoted in The Super 8 Book (1975) by Lenny Lipton (ed. Chet Roaman); also in Aesthetic Aspects of Recent Experimental Film (1980) by Barry Walter Moore, Garth S. Jowett, p. 6
Cyril Connolly in The Unquiet Grave (1944; 1951), Part 2
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