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
The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love.… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The search for a life-style involves a journey to the interior. This is not altogether a pleasant experience, because you not only… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Style, in the broadest sense of all, is consciousness. More specifically it is a consistent idiom arising spontaneously from the personality but… — 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
It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.'… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Fashion is a way of not having to decide who you are. Style is deciding who you are and being able to… — 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
