Jean Cocteau Quotes

Let's just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty - I think it really comes from the inside out.

Beauty is where you find it.

True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.

The test of beauty is whether it can survive close knowledge.

Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded.

But, bless us, things may be lovable that are not altogether handsome, I hope?

Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a "pretty" face make it, for "pretty" faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.

Beauty is not beauty without love.

It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be found.

All my own small perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded.

There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty-unless she is wed to something more meaningful-is always superficial

Real beauty is my aim.

People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force; and the thing it stands for, sharing its name with a hundred trivial objects, is deprived of dignity. They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it.

I know it's not clothes that make women beautiful or otherwise, nor beauty care, nor expensive creams, nor the distinction of costliness of their finery. I know the problem lies elsewhere. I don't know where. I only know it isn't where women think.

You don't know what beauty is. You use the word, certainly, but your word is empty. Beauty is known only by one who has known the inner beauty, one who has known the inner flower opening. Then whenever a flower is seen, it reminds you of your inner beauty.

As a society, we need to get lots more flexible about what constitutes beauty. It isn't a particular hair color or a particular body type; it's the woman who grew the hair and lives in the body. Keeping this in mind can only make things better.

Beauty can be seen in all things.

These beautiful models were walking around in the room, and then suddenly this woman who wouldn’t be considered beautiful was revealed. It was about trying to trap something that wasn’t conventionally beautiful to show that beauty comes from within.

True beauty lies in true education.

I was raised with the idea of beauty in a different way. To me, it is something that really comes out of you and surrounds you.

If there is a fruit that can be eaten raw, it is beauty.

Only the beautiful can acknowledge all that is beautiful, and only the ugly can acknowledge all that is ugly as being beautiful. Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

When you see beauty anywhere, it's a reflection of yourself.