Cocteau Quotes

Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept. - Jean Cocteau

You can't expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling. - Jean Cocteau

When a work of art appears to be in advance of its period, it is really the period that has lagged behind the work of art. - Jean Cocteau

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. - Jean Cocteau

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself. - Jean Cocteau

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you. - Jean Cocteau

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? - Jean Cocteau