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Liberation, 1945

Menno Huizinga, Children Hanging on a Full Train After The Liberation, 1945.
Posted on February 12, 2025 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in History, photographyTagged 1945, Liberation, Menno Huizinga, peace, war. Leave a comment

End the Wars! “Porquoi Ces Canons”

Posted on February 12, 2025February 12, 2025 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in MusicTagged Antoine, End the Wars, Pourquoi ces canons. 1 Comment

Opinion | France Is in a Deep, Deep Hole 

Posted on February 11, 2025 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in politicsTagged economy, France, government, politics. 1 Comment

End the Wars! Jean-Claude Darnal “Le Soudard”

Posted on February 10, 2025February 8, 2025 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in MusicTagged End the Wars, Jean-Claude Darnal, Le Soudard, pacifistes, the pacifist. Leave a comment

End the Wars! Juliette Gréco “Cimetières Militaires” (Live Olympia 1966)

Posted on February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in Culture, MusicTagged Cimetières Militaires, End the Wars, Juliette Gréco. Leave a comment

End the Wars: “Quand on a que l’amour” de Brel par Camelia Jordana, Yaël Naïm et Nolwenn Leroy

Posted on February 9, 2025February 8, 2025 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in MusicTagged Camélia Jordana, End the Wars, jacques Brel, Nolwenn Leroy, Yael Naim. Leave a comment

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Gun that shot Rimbaud
“Departure” – Arthur Rimbaud
Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani – portrait of Paul Guillaume
Baudelaire
“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.” – Baudelaire
Simone Weil
““All sins are attempts to fill voids.” – Simone Weil
Robert Doisneau
“Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.” – Robert Doisneau
Charles Baudelaire
“One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters; that’s our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time’s horrible burden one which breaks your shoulders and bows you down, you must get drunk without cease. But with what? With wine, poetry, or virtue as you choose. But get drunk!”
Simone de Beauvoir
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
Camille Claudel
“I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.” – Camille Claudel
Mistinguett
“Oh, My man I love him so” – Mistinguett
"Besides, he's a saint." - Au Hasard Balthazar
“Besides, he’s a saint.” – Au Hasard Balthazar
"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." - Degas
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” – Degas
Zaz
“I live in the corner of old Montmartre My father comes home sozzled every night” – Zaz
Jacques Tati Life magazine cover
Jacques Tati “You won’t find another Chaplin, you won’t find another Keaton, because the school is closed.”
Breathless
“Although I felt ashamed of it at one time, I do like Breathless very much, but now I see where it belongs – along with Alice in Wonderland. I thought it was Scarface.” – Jean-Luc Godard
Marc Chagall
“I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.” – Marc Chagall
Jacques Cousteau
“The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.” – Jacques Cousteau
Charlotte Gainsborg
“You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you’d love to know what it’s like, wouldn’t you?”
Monet
“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” – Claude Monet
Yann Tiersen
“Let’s play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did” – Yann Tiersen
"Come, come, my baby come. I will show you the world" - Jain
“Come, come, my baby come. I will show you the world” – Jain
Jeanne Cherhal "If you come back, I'll cancel everything"
Jeanne Cherhal “If you come back, I’ll cancel everything”
"All right, Popeye's here! get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!" - The French Connection
“All right, Popeye’s here! get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!” – The French Connection
"A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man."
“A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It’s the same qualities I require from a man.”
Camus
““I think my life is of great importance, but I also think it is meaningless.” – Albert Camus
It's Madison time...
It’s Madison time…
Trenet
“One must keep a few smiles aside to laugh at oneself on joyless days” – Charles Trenet http://yquotes.com/quotes/charles-trenet/#ixzz4NRfqbihb
Chgall
“Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.” – Marc Chagall
"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet." - Colette (Portrait by Jacques Humbert
“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.” – Colette (Portrait by Jacques Humbert
Rodin
“I invent nothing, I rediscover.” – Auguste Rodin
jacques brel
“When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one that’s in color. These words in color are a part of ourselves, because we give them a meaning. If you like, we give them a third dimension.” – Jacques Brel
Jean Gabin
“The theater is too deep for me. I prefer bicycling” – Jean Gabin
"Spira, spera." (Breathe, hope.) - Victor Hugo
“Spira, spera.” (Breathe, hope.) – Victor Hugo
“I am a child who is getting on.” - Marc Chagall
“I am a child who is getting on.” – Marc Chagall
Sanctuary!
“Sanctuary!” – Quasimodo
Jean Luc-Godard
“All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl” – Jean-Luc Godard
Toots
“The harmonica is a great instrument.” – Toots Thielemans
Leo Ferre
“C’est extra. C’est extra.C’est extra.” – Leo Ferre
Brassen
“The greatest murderers attend the highest Masses” – Georges Brassens
Marguerite Duras
“You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they’re simply unbearable” – Marguerite Duras
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