What did Quentin Crisp mean by: If I have any talent at all, it is not for doing but for being. Quentin Crisp Writer · England Copy
Posing was the first job I did in which I understood what I was doing. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quentin Crisp, Art, Growth, Self-awareness, 0 Quentin Crisp Writer · England
To say a thing is natural is to condone it, never to praise it. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quentin Crisp, Ethics, Morality, Nature, 0 Quentin Crisp Writer · England
The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quentin Crisp, Conflict, Relationships, Sexuality, 0 Quentin Crisp Writer · England
However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quentin Crisp, Authority, Corruption, Injustice, 0 Quentin Crisp Writer · England
For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quentin Crisp, Flavor, Preparation, Value, 0 Quentin Crisp Writer · England
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quentin Crisp, Growth, Independence, Personalization, 0 Quentin Crisp Writer · England
+ If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style. Author, November 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Quentin Crisp, Humor, Resilience, Self-awareness, 0 Quentin Crisp Writer · England
+ Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse. Author, August 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Quentin Crisp, Maintenance, Neglect, Time, 0 Quentin Crisp Writer · England
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies Jeanette Winterson Author · England
