Jean Cocteau , French director
said about Life, Design, Ideas, Bizarre, Simplicity...
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"The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them."
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- Jean Cocteau