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artemisdreaming: Portrait of Jean Cocteau, 1917 (reblog) Amedeo Modigliani

artemisdreaming:

Portrait of Jean Cocteau, 1917 (reblog)

Amedeo Modigliani

Jean Cocteau
“Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.” —Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
“Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things that always become ugly with time.” —Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
itsalltooabsurd: Underground Films

itsalltooabsurd:

Underground Films

Le sang d'un poète Jean Cocteau

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La belle et la bête Jean Cocteau
iwdrm: “I am letting you into the secret of all secrets. Mirrors are gates through which death comes and goes.” Orphée (1950)

iwdrm:

“I am letting you into the secret of all secrets. Mirrors are gates through which death comes and goes.”

Orphée (1950)

Orphée Jean Cocteau
“Children believe what we tell them. They have complete faith in us. They believe that a rose plucked from a garden can plunge a family into conflict. They believe that the hands of a human beast will smoke when he slays a victim, and that this will cause the beast shame when a young maiden takes up residence in his home. They believe a thousand other simple things. I ask of you a little of this childlike simplicity, and, to bring us luck, let me speak four truly magic words, childhood’s open sesame: “Once upon a time…” —Jean Cocteau, La Belle et la Bête
La Belle et la Bête Jean Cocteau
duemilaquarantasei: Do you think it’s that simple to get rid of a wound? To close the mouth of a wound? #110 - Le sang d’un poète (The Blood of a Poet - Jean Cocteau, 1930)

duemilaquarantasei:

Do you think it’s that simple to get rid of a wound? To close the mouth of a wound?

#110 - Le sang d’un poète (The Blood of a Poet - Jean Cocteau, 1930)

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Le sang d’un poète film stills jean cocteau
chagalov: Jean Cocteau filming Testament of Orpheus, Nice, 1959 -by Lucien Clergue via PdP

chagalov:

Jean Cocteau filming Testament of Orpheus, Nice, 1959 -by Lucien Clergue

via PdP

Jean Cocteau director candid
Festival de Cannes (May 11 - 22, 2011) “The Festival is an apolitical no-man’s-land, a microcosm of what the world would be like if people could make direct contact with one another and speak the same language.” — Jean Cocteau

Festival de Cannes (May 11 - 22, 2011)

“The Festival is an apolitical no-man’s-land, a microcosm of what the world would be like if people could make direct contact with one another and speak the same language.”

— Jean Cocteau

cannes jean cocteau
chagalov: Jean Cocteau, 1929 by Germaine Krull

chagalov:

Jean Cocteau, 1929 by Germaine Krull

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Jean Cocteau writer
Jean Cocteau on the set of The Testament of Orpheus (1960)

Jean Cocteau on the set of The Testament of Orpheus (1960)

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Jean Cocteau le testament d’orphée
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Jean Cocteau writer
“The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.” —Jean Cocteau (via dear-creature)

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Jean Cocteau quote
nitescence: jean cocteau; phillip halsman, 1949.

nitescence:

jean cocteau; phillip halsman, 1949.

Jean Cocteau