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“The Artist Is a Kind of Prison” – Quote by Jean Cocteau

„The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.“

Jean CocteauJean Cocteau’s inspiring quote about artists, works of art, and the creative process.
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Jean Cocteau was a French writer, film director, and painter.

Jean Cocteau portrays the artist as an inner space from which independent works of art emerge.


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Inspirational quote by Jean Cocteau about the artist and works of art

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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