CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Friday, 14 January 2011
You must search inside yourself for what is uniquely you
"What would you be like if there was nobody else in the world? Who would you be if the only opinion that mattered was yours? Because if you want to be truly happy you must be that person. You must search inside yourself for what is uniquely you. When you find it, polish it until it becomes your style. It's no good being a pig farmer for 30 years looking back and saying 'I was meant to be a ballet dancer', by that time pigs are your style."
Quentin Crisp
Let us celebrate a recently launched (and admirable) new website dedicated to the life, times and style of "England's Stately Homo" - indulge yourself in the world of Crisperanto: The Quentin Crisp Archives.
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Wise, wise man...
ReplyDeleteStill inspiring and more relevant even today
ReplyDeleteMr Crisp's words are a constant source of inspiration to me... Jx
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