Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th century and highly influential on the Surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. The National Observer suggested that "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man".
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Maisons-Laffitte
- Educated at
- Lycée Condorcet
- Awards
- 🏆 Commander of the Legion of Honour🏆 Q137611787🏆 Louis Delluc Prize
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"That pile of paper on his left side went on living like the watch on a dead soldier’s wrist."
"There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul."
"Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something othe…"
"An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original."
"Do not close the circle. Leave it open. Descartes closes the circle. Pascal leaves it open. Rousseau's triumph over the encyclopedists is to have left his circle open when they closed theirs."
"Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far."
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Timeline
1889
Born
Birth1963
Died
Death
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