Quote by Jean Cocteau
Art is not a pastime but a priesthood. - Jean Cocteau

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood. – Jean Cocteau

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. – Jean Cocteau

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

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Poetry
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Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate. – Harvey Fierstein

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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh. – Victor Hugo

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Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. – Theodor Adorno

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Art and science have their meeting point in method. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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