Quote by Jean Cocteau

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: t

Summary

This quote suggests that the true reward of creating art is the profound and intoxicating experience it offers, rather than seeking fame or financial success. It implies that many mediocre or untalented artists continue to pursue their art because they find tremendous satisfaction and fulfillment in the process. This intoxicating feeling could potentially be more valuable to them than external recognition. It highlights the intrinsic motivation and passion that drives artists, despite their inability to achieve conventional standards of excellence.

Topics

Art

By Jean Cocteau

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

It is stupid to hope, but sometimes hope is all you have.

It is stupid to hope, but sometimes hope is all you have.

Cassandra Clare

Hope

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally t

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.

Graduation

Folly is perennial, yet the human race has survived.

Folly is perennial, yet the human race has survived.

Bertrand Russell

Foolishness Fools

From the beginning of our history the country has been affli

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been ;abandoned.

Compromise

The most happy marriage I can imagine to myselfwould be the

The most happy marriage I can imagine to myselfwould be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Marriage

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

Home

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in no

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.

P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

Belief

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Fear

You only get one life so dream big. Dream bold. Dream in col

You only get one life so dream big. Dream bold. Dream in color

Life Lessons Dream

Strong reasons make strong actions.

Strong reasons make strong actions.

William Shakespeare

Reason

I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast

I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be

Inspirational Passionate Living

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription.

Hope