“One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
“Some are born posthumously.”
Einige werden posthum geboren.
Foreword
The Antichrist (1888)
Source: The Anti-Christ
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