I don't really act. I say the words the way I would say them if I meant them. — 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
Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Other-cheekism is not only a way of purifying the soul, it is also part of every weak person's survival kit. — 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… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I wore a fringe so deep it obscured the way ahead. This hardly mattered. There were always others to look where… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I stay in one room, and it's easier to live there, to control it, to make it warm. It seems to me… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
You don't have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are. — 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
I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Well, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Because it is in the nature of things that they become extreme, we have passed down from manliness to cruelty. If I… — 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
