Jean Cocteau Lying Quotations

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.

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

People seek escape in myth by any means at their disposal, including drugs, alcohol, meditation, and lies.

What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end.

History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.