Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 05. Juli 1889 |
Geburtsort | Maisons-Laffitte, France |
Todesort | France |
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Beschreibung | Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (UK: /ˈkɒktoʊ/, US: /kɒkˈtoʊ/, französisch: [ʒɑ̃ moʁis øʒɛn klemɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5. Juli 1889 - 11. Oktober 1963) war ein französischer Dichter, Dramatiker, Romanautor, Designer, Filmemacher, bildender Künstler und Kritiker. Er war einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der surrealistischen, avantgardistischen und dadaistischen Bewegungen und eine der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten der Kunst des frühen 20. Der National Observer meinte, dass "Cocteau von der Künstlergeneration, deren Wagemut die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts hervorbrachte, am ehesten ein Mann der Renaissance ist". |
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.
I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, they become its visible soul.
Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's 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.
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
