The Secrets of Beauty By Jean Cocteau

"Jean Cocteau wrote on anything he could get his hands on, wherever he could. Édouard Dermit informs us that he often saw Cocteau writing next to him in the car, or while lying down, or when at the table (between fruit and dessert courses), using the smallest scrap of paper or cloth. This version of Secrets of Beauty was composed in March 1945, on a long journey back to Paris. ... Cocteau was like one of those magicians who, having announced that they are going to reveal the secret of one trick, immediately perform another. He offered up 'secrets of beauty' so frequently that the volume from which the following notes have been extracted could almost be called New Secrets of Beauty. ... —Pierre Caizergues ..."


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