A film is a petrified fountain of thought.... -Jean Cocteau

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A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

Jean Cocteau , Director
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Jean Cocteau Quotes to Explore

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 ...
A film is a petrified fountain of thought....
I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead....
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for....
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses....
The poet doesn't invent. He listens....
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth....
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul....
I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?...
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it....

Movies Quotes to Explore

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids....
Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised....
People in third-world countries are less eager to see movies full of angst over existential problems, and who can blame them. They've got other fish t...
During the '90s, a lot of us in the indie film world were not making our money off our movies. We were screenwriters doing scripts for hire for studio...
The truth of the matter is movies are a reflection of life and violence is a real part of life. I don't think you could make movies exclusively where ...
In the kind of films that I do, there is an extremely limited number of people that can improvise. The reason the ensemble continues in the movies is ...
I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special eff...
I like superhero films, and I love Star Wars movies, but I want to make sure there's a wide diaspora of films getting made....
I'd loved 'Iron Man,' you know, with a passion. I thought that was the most fresh, cool thing, in terms of superhero movies, that I'd seen in a long t...
I loved all movies, literally. I certainly loved 'Shane' and 'Roxie Hart.' Later on, when I was less of a kid, I loved 'L'Avventura' and 'Persona' and...