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Max Morise (1900-1973) was a French artist, writer & actor, associated with the Surrealist
Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
 movement in Paris from 1924 to 1929. He was friends with Robert Desnos
Robert Desnos

Robert Desnos , was a French surrealist poet who played a key role in the surrealistic movement of his day....
 and Roger Vitrac
Roger Vitrac

Roger Vitrac was a French Surrealism playwright and poet.Born in Pinsac, Roger Vitrac moved to Paris in 1910. As a young man, he was influenced by symbolism and the writings of Lautr?amont and Alfred Jarry, and he developed a passion for theatre and poetry....
 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
Surrealist techniques

Surrealism in art, poetry, and literature utilizes numerous techniques and games to provide inspiration. Many of these are said to free imagination by producing a creative process free of consciousness control....
, most famously the "exquisite corpse
Exquisite corpse

Exquisite corpse is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled, the result being known as the exquisite corpse or cadavre exquis in French language....
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Max Morise (1900-1973) was a French artist, writer & actor, associated with the Surrealist
Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
 movement in Paris from 1924 to 1929. He was friends with Robert Desnos
Robert Desnos

Robert Desnos , was a French surrealist poet who played a key role in the surrealistic movement of his day....
 and Roger Vitrac
Roger Vitrac

Roger Vitrac was a French Surrealism playwright and poet.Born in Pinsac, Roger Vitrac moved to Paris in 1910. As a young man, he was influenced by symbolism and the writings of Lautr?amont and Alfred Jarry, and he developed a passion for theatre and poetry....
 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
Surrealist techniques

Surrealism in art, poetry, and literature utilizes numerous techniques and games to provide inspiration. Many of these are said to free imagination by producing a creative process free of consciousness control....
, most famously the "exquisite corpse
Exquisite corpse

Exquisite corpse is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled, the result being known as the exquisite corpse or cadavre exquis in French language....
". André Breton
André Breton

Andr? Breton was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the main founder of surrealism. His writings include the Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as pure psychic automatism....
 quotes Morise twice in the first Surrealist Manifesto
Surrealist Manifesto

Two Surrealist Manifestos were issued by the Surrealism, in 1924 and 1929, respectively. The first was written by Andr? Breton, the second was supervised by him....
; after saying "We do not have any talent", Breton provides a quote by Vitrac and Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard

Paul ?luard was the pen name of Eug?ne ?mile Paul Grindel , a France poet who was one of the founders of the surrealism movement....
, 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 quadrapeds.'"

Morise also acted in several films including Ciboulette (1933), Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936), and Drôle de drame (1937).