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
It may be true that artists adopt a flamboyant appearance, but it's also true that people who look funny get stuck with… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If at… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Everybody who's been on television more than once wears in public an expression of fatuous affability. Because you may be addressed at… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
If sophistication is a matter of being in control of our primary reactions, we may now be sophisticated. At least we shall… — 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
