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

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

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