Quote by Jean Cocteau
A film is a petrified fountain of thought. - Jean Cocteau

A film is a petrified fountain of thought. – Jean Cocteau

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. – Jean Cocteau

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Death
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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. – Jean Cocteau

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Art
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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. – Jean Cocteau

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Poetry
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Other Quotes from
movies
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I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as Tarzan. – Henry Louis Gates

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movies

Ive seen a lot of movies get made where no one has control. No one likes it. – Seth Rogen

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movies

Life is short. Im 47 years old. Ive got 10 years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those 10 years to be precious, not like before, cranking two or three movies a year. Ive made a ton of movies in my life, but so what? – Jean Claude Van Damme

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movies

I mean, I kind of remember… Im 36 now, so its kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when thats how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to. – Liz Phair

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movies

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