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JEAN COCTEAU ~ MOMENT IN TIME

in Art & the Unconscious Mind/The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

~Jean Cocteau, Professional Secrets, 1922

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR ~ ON LIFE

in The words that make sense... brilliant writings by writers... by

Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Simone de Beauvoir

MODIGLIANI ~ ON THE UNCONSCIOUS

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“What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race.”
Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920

CAMILLE CLAUDEL ~ LETTER TO RODIN

in Muses in a Surreal World by

“I sleep completely naked to make me believe you are here, but when I wake up it is not the same thing. Most of all, don’t deceive me with other women any more”
Camille Claudel , French sculptor 1864 – 1943

She was the lover and muse of Auguste Rodin.

ANAIS NIN ~ POETICAL HAPPINESS

in Just a bit of everything and everyone... by

“A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.”
Anais Nin

MARCEL PROUST ~ ON FREEDOM

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“As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.”
Marcel Proust 1871-1922

ANAIS NIN ~ ON LOVE

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“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish it’s source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishing.”
Anais Nin

ANAIS NIN ~ UNCONSCIOUS DREAMS

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Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.”
Anais Nin

GEORGE SAND ~ ON LOVE

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“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.”
George Sand

GEORGES DE FEURE ~ THE VOICE OF EVIL

in Passion Of Art by

“The voice of Evil” 1895 by Georges de Feure

Georges de Feure (real name Georges Joseph van Sluÿters, 6 September 1868 – 26 November 1943) was a French painter, theatrical designer, and industrial art designer in the symbolism and Art Nouveau styles.
De Feure was born in Paris. His father was an affluent Dutch architect, and his mother was Belgian.

This paining is the representation of puritanism of that time.
According to this vision all evil was sexual.
On this painting you can see a woman feeling attracted to lesbian love:
the voice of evil.

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