“The skin of all of us is responsive to gypsy songs and military marches.”

—  Jean Cocteau

As quoted in Slonimsky's Book of Musical Anecdotes (2002) by Nicolas Slonimsky, p. 33

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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager … 1889–1963

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