Max Morise (5 April 1900 – 29 October 1973) was a French artist, writer and actor, associated with the

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movement in Paris from 1924 to 1929. He was friends with

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and

Roger Vitrac Roger Vitrac (; 17 November 1899 – 22 January 1952) was a French surrealist playwright and poet. Early life Roger Vitrac was born in Pinsac on 17 November 1899, before his family moved to Paris in 1910.:527 As a young man, he was influenced by ...

before they joined the Surrealist movement. He contributed articles to ''La Revolution Surrealiste'' and took part in a series of round table discussions held by the group, regarding the nature of sex. He also participated in several Surrealist games, most famously the "

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André Breton André Robert Breton (; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first ''Surrealist Manifesto'' (''Manifeste du surréalisme'') o ...

quotes Morise twice in the first ''

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''; after saying "We do not have any talent", Breton provides a quote by Vitrac and

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, then says "Ask Max Morise" and provides this quote: Later, Breton includes this quote: "The color of a woman's stockings is not necessarily in the likeness of her eyes, which led a philosopher who it is pointless to mention, to say: 'Cephalopods have more reasons to hate progress than do quadrupeds.'" ''Investigating Sex - Surrealist Discussions 1928-1932''. Edited by Jose Pierre. Translated by Malcolm Imire. Verso, 1992. Morise also acted in several films including ''Ciboulette'' (1933), ''

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'' (1936), and ''

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'' (1937).

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1900 births 1973 deaths French surrealist writers French male writers 20th-century French male writers {{France-writer-stub