Jean Cocteau
  • 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.

  • Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

  • Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

  • Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.