Quote by Jean Cocteau
Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much bloo

Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes, these muzzles, these unicorns, these torches, these towers, these martlets, these seedlings of stars and these fields of blue! – Jean Cocteau

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

The poem is a little myth of mans capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life. – Robert Penn Warren

Category:
Poetry

I dont write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords. – Andrew Bird

Category:
Poetry

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people. – Macklemore

Category:
Poetry

It sometimes seems to me (it is an error, I confess, but one into which I am for ever falling) that poetry is no longer anything more than an imitation of poetry… – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldnt visualize myself as an art teacher, thinking how it wouldnt work. – Mark Mothersbaugh

Category:
teacher

Intolerance respecting other peoples religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other peoples art. – Wallace Stevens

Category:
Religion

To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak. – Hopi Indian Saying

Category:
Prom Night

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected. – Alan Dershowitz

Category:
legal