Quote by Jean Cocteau
Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious. - Jean Coc

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious. – Jean Cocteau

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to ones preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them. – Jean Cocteau

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design
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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. – Jean Cocteau

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Society
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Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. – George Jean Nathan, House of Satan

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In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it. – Ernst Fischer

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In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. – Voltaire

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I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different. – Jack Nicholson

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