It may be true that artists adopt a flamboyant appearance, but it’s also true that people who look funny get stuck with the arts.
QUENTIN CRISPIf you don’t stay in some days, you can’t recharge your batteries.
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
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I never say ‘No’ to anything.
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The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as ‘Soho’ poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.
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Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.
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Health consists of having the same diseases as one’s neighbors.
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The measure of woman’s distaste for any part of her life lies not in the loudness of her lamentations (these are only an attempt to buy a martyr’s crown at a reduced price) but in her persistent pursuit of that occupation of which she never ceases to complain.
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I don’t think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn’t something you’ve done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed.
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However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.
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The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
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Exhibitionism is like a drug. Hooked in adolescence I was now taking doses so massive they would have killed a novice.
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I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share.
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Quentin Crisp (to handsome young man on the street): “What’s the matter, sexy? Don’t you like dehydrated fruit?
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Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically – for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist – but then what isn’t?
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The … problem that confronts homosexuals is that they set out to win the love of a “real” man. If they succeed, they fail. A man who “goes with” other men is not what they would call a real man. The conundrum is incapable of resolution, but that does not make homosexuals give it up.
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The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it
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