Name	Jean Cocteau (Jean Maurice Eugène Cocteau)
Date of Birth	July 5, 1889
Birthplace	Maisons-Lafitte
Star Sign	Cancer
Died	October 11, 1963 (Aged 74)
Location of Death	Millly-La-Forêt
Cause of Death	Heart attack
Nationality	French
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Director
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Claim to Fame	La belle et la bête
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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.

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I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

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The poet doesn`t invent. He listens.

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

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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don`t like?

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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 bizzare which seems inherent in them.

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The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.

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Art is science made clear.

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