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Beauty Makes One Lose One's Head. Poetry Is Born Of This Decapitation
-Jean Cocteau
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Beauty Makes One Lose One's
Jean Cocteau
Beauty Makes One Lose One's Head. Poetry Is Born Of This Decapitation
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