“Lying Is the Only Art Form” – Quote by Jean Cocteau

„Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.“

Jean CocteauJean Cocteau reflects on lying as an art form and why the public may instinctively prefer it to reality.
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Jean Cocteau was a French writer, film director, and painter.

In this pointed quote, Jean Cocteau questions the relationship between lying, public perception, and reality.


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Jean Cocteau quote about lying, art, and reality

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was born in 1889 in Maisons-Laffitte near Paris and died in 1963 in Milly-la-Forêt. He published his first poems at the age of 17, and his first poetry collections appeared in 1909. In addition to literature, he worked in film, painting, and ballet.

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