Famous Jean Genet Quotes

  • The pimp has a grin, never a smile. – Jean Genet

    The pimp has a grin, never a smile.– Jean Genet

  • Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of another artist. – Jean Genet

    Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of another artist.– Jean Genet

  • Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. – Jean Genet

    Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues.– Jean Genet

  • It’s a true image, born of a false spectacle. – Jean Genet

    It’s a true image, born of a false spectacle.– Jean Genet

  • One can hear all that’s going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what’s going on in this house. – Jean Genet

    One can hear all that’s going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what’s going on in this house.– Jean Genet

  • A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. – Jean Genet

    A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.– Jean Genet