Jean Cocteau Quotes About History

Quotes about: History

• Art is science in the flesh.

  Jean Cocteau

  Art, Philosophy, History

  Jean Cocteau, Margaret Crosland (1972). “Cocteau's world: an anthology of writings”, Owen

• And history becomes legend and legend becomes history.

  Jean Cocteau

  History, Legends

• 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 bizarre which seems inherent in them.

  Jean Cocteau

  Life, Art, Philosophy

  Jean Cocteau (1957). “The Holy Terrors”, p.170, New Directions Publishing

• The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.

  Jean Cocteau

  Art, Philosophy, History

  Jean Cocteau (1990). “Opium: The Illustrated Diary of His Cure”, Peter Owen Publishers

• What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end.

  Jean Cocteau

  Lying, History, Facts

  The Observer, September 22, 1957.

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