More From Jean Cocteau
- "Art is not a pastime but a priesthood."
- "All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it."
- "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, the finish by loading honors on your head."
More In Poetry
- "Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You’ll have that readership. Keep going until you know you’re doing work that’s worthy. And then see what happens. That’s my advice."― Philip Levine
- "In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime."― Phyllis McGinley
- "A lot happens by accident in poetry."― Howard Nemerov