Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Bit by bit, I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Fashion is not style. Nay, we can say more: Fashion is instead of style. Style is an idiom springing spontaneously from the… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Nowadays people don't use face powder; they say it dries the skin. But I makeup in the old-fashioned way. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Nearly always when actors are approached by the beauticians, they try to avoid the dabs that the beauticians put on their faces.… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I have known female whores who spoke very bitterly of their calling. "If they don't like my face, they can put a… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
That's the only sense in which I've been lucky: I have the kind of face to which cosmetics could be applied. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The key is never, never work. Nothing is more aging than work. It's not only the strain of getting up in the… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Vienna is cold, and dark, and sad. It is laid out as though for a royal parade; the streets are wide and… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who, before anything has reared its ugly… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
