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tljenson: Marked as to-read: Opium by Jean Cocteau

TrueQuotation: If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel. — Jean Cocteau

JGrissomNYC: Jean Cocteau with his cat named Madeleine. This photograph was taken by Jane Brown in 1950.

holdengraber: "I persist with laziness. I am the site of incomprehensible contradictions." ~ Jean Cocteau

ATGWSuccess: 35 Inspirational Jean Cocteau Quotes On Success

PaulaGaitn1: Jean Cocteau /ORPHÉE / ORPHEUS/Jean Marais nas i magens. This film is the central part of Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960)

papillonwtf: Jean Cocteau: the original triple threat (poet, playwright, filmmaker)

pkillam: “…on the theme of Theatre and a Culture of Peace. The first World Theatre Day Message was written by Jean Cocteau in 1962. Ever since, each year on the 27th March (date of the opening of the 1962 "Theatre of Nations"season in Paris), World Theatre Day has been celebrated…” 3/7

PaulMitchum: I was going to watch a Jean Cocteau film, but now I think I'll spend a couple hours watching Dan Olson shit on Decentraland.

bcm32a: To honour and celebrate the beauty and hard work of the overall theatrical production, International Theatre Institute (ITI) created World Theatre Day in 1962. ITI is the world organization for performing arts. A French playwriter Jean Cocteau delivered the first message .

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Ttobius: Don’t confuse the truth with the opinion of the majority.” — Jean Cocteau

_itslilith11: Orphic Trilogy dir. Jean Cocteau

nypl_lpa: Every day is World Theatre Day at the Library for the Performing Arts! The international observance was started by the International Theatre Institute in 1961. Artist Jean Cocteau, pictured here, delivered the first World Theatre Day International Message.

nypl_lpa: “It is up to the playwright to provoke, with the modest means at his disposal, a collective hypnotism, and to be able to share his dream with his audience; for sleep and dreams do bring a sort of miraculous magical power within the reach of all purses.” — Jean Cocteau

tankmagazine: As the year tips over into spring, celebrate the power of conception with a film from our ninth season – including Derek Jarman, Ingmar Bergman, Mike Leigh, Akira Kurosawa, Jean Cocteau, and many more... Still only £3 a month. Browse the catalogue here:

DanielHadas2: Jean Cocteau called tragedy a "machine infernale", a "hellish machine". Once launched, it has to run its course, and everyone is caught in it, heroes and villains alike. There were indeed heroes in the UK Covid years. But the machine still had to run its course.

samuelwr33: “A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.” –Jean Cocteau

gastoexcesivo: "I'm a lie who always speaks the truth" Jean Cocteau

LoicTheStoic: A twink is never more powerful than when he discovers Jean Cocteau and Albert Camus.

GSWSyndicate: Silence moves faster when it�s going backward. ~Jean Cocteau

PriyaChabria: Belle's Arrival

praashok: I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? Jean Cocteau

_MattCardin: To my writer friends who adhere to the "ass in chair" approach to maintaining a writing career through sheer disciplined application of time and effort: A) I'm glad that works for you. B) See these words from Jean Cocteau. He and I are from the same planet—which is not yours.

raymondpsimon: “An addiction to opium, brought on by Cocteau’s grief over his lover’s death, necessitated a period of cure.” — Wallace Fowlie

ManOfLaBook: Fun Facts Friday: Jean Cocteau

ChrisLKollar: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

waweru: “Know that your work only speaks only to those on the same wavelength as you”- Jean Cocteau

caseidl: One of the last letters written by Jean Cocteau, the lauded French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist, and critic. Cocteau penned this treasure 10 days before his death.

TiberiusMoreau: Drawing by Jean Cocteau.

papillonwtf: Jean Cocteau: making films before it was cool

cylocyziruzu: The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed. Jean Cocteau

MsAdrianBlack: “I’ll give you the secret of secrets. Mirrors are the doors through which Death comes and goes. Look at yourself in a mirror all your life… and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a hive of glass.” — Jean Cocteau

BlueRoseSociety: Jean Cocteau’s blue rose is in the Church of Notre Dame de France - painted in 1959. Morrissey has a blue rose hidden within the song tRoUBLE lOveS mE (1997).

JJjpe10: The tragedy of our time is that stupidity has set out to think… Jean Cocteau

foxypiano: currently; Wilson Harris & Jean Cocteau. previously; Lispector, Kojo Laing, Bohumil Hrabal, Raduan Nassar, Soyinka, Achebe

papillonwtf: I'm convinced that Jean Cocteau was the original inventor of the 'mind blown' emoji

HopeBailey214: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

welfordwrites: Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far. Jean Cocteau

ACarlaSimpson: What greater gift than the love of a cat? — Charles Dickens If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. — Mark Twain I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. — Jean Cocteau

PulpLibrarian: Gebrauchsgraphik – International Advertising Art, December 1952. Cover by Jean Cocteau.

exodus803: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

SmallStreamerIG: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

bigbd1978: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

inspiration_src: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

lukassquintana1: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

PFG_KMT: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

JosephBrauning1: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

machungs: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

joshuyou: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

jeancogdell: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

LibertarerB: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

Relaxville: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

fraggle__: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

ZainUlHaq_: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

knelsonvsi: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

ajayrai05774390: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

_jarboi: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

Abu_Sabaya: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

kotadiyaddk: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

pharm_musa: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

la_gustacion: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

WalterNebicher: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

dalvareze: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

FrankOneDigital: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

MDEnterprise61: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

Sekhar47536865: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

jessienorthey: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

quotes_force: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

acrozier7115: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

LodgeBears: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

PatDinkens: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

QUICKBET5: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

Gydian0: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?"

meowmeowisthere: “I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” Jean Cocteau

ronnieruff: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

NkechiAjaeroh: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

The_Buzz_Guy: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" -Jean Cocteau

tweetfun12: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" -Jean Cocteau

LetsQuoteFunny_: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" -Jean Cocteau

MiguelHermann: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" -Jean Cocteau

SmartConceptIN: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" -Jean Cocteau

0xNanoshi: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

rahmancine: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" -Jean Cocteau

Officialnj_blog: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

Kim_Direction3: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" -Jean Cocteau

JoeWalter: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

NorthWo70454584: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

KurtWSYX6: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

SaidDir55978705: One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.,Jean Cocteau,dreams,

BatyaComunale: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

GSWSyndicate: Silence moves faster when it�s going backward. ~Jean Cocteau

BillionaireTip: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

Soaringeagle51: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau, French Director

RuizVidal7: Lee Miller and Tanja Ramm having breakfast in bed at Lee’s Paris studio, with a Jean Cocteau tapestry in the background - 1931 - Photo by Theodore Miller.

gushin: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

NoireNolan: Funny Quote of the Day: "I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?" - Jean Cocteau

ItsCrystalSue: “I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” -Jean Cocteau Happy Caturday.

Stellar_Astro1: I know Vedic twitter is past this at this moment but I have a theory on the beast nakshatra for Claire’s upcoming video. I really think it’s gonna be krittika. Jean Cocteau’s (krittika asc) version of beauty and the beast stars Jean Marais (krittika moon) as the beast. In the

MarcoDo79682721: Cocteau's last film dedicated to the French New Wave. Jean Cocteau on the set of Testament of Orpheus (c.1960).



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