Logo
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

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death. – Jean Cocteau

Category:
Death
Author
Jean Cocteau
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Art
category

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. – Benjamin Disraeli

Category:
Art

Love isnt an emotion or an instinct – its an art. – Mae West

Category:
Art

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. – Harry S. Truman

Category:
Art

Thats the motivation of an artist – to seek attention of some kind. – James Taylor

Category:
Art

Random Quotes

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. – Milan Kundera

Category:
Wisdom

Im working on my relationship with my mother and father, but my upbringing has been very destructive. – Paz de la Huerta

Category:
relationship

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed. – Edgar Rice Burroghs

Category:
Anger

First rule of politics: you cant win unless youre on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win. – Donald Rumsfeld

Category:
Politics