Jean Cocteau - Journey to Freedom (1969)

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.
Jean Cocteau
The extreme limit of wisdom-- that is what the public calls madness.
Jean Cocteau
I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
Jean Cocteau
Art is science made clear.
Jean Cocteau
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
Jean Cocteau
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

- Jean Cocteau - Journey to Freedom (1969)