Tag: Jean Cocteau

Quote of the Day: On Cocteau and Proust

If Proust visited his rituals on Cocteau, friendship with Proust could not be otherwise than ritualistic.  It involved verbal spoofs, labyrinthine excuses, nocturnal happenings, dinners at the Ritz, and whipped chocolate at Larue, recitations from Swann in the cork-lined bedroom, cab rides observing the fixed, hermetic itinerary of a drunk.  Proust’s rare outings by day… Read More ›