Happy Crisp-mas

"The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us."

“Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne."

"Style is not the man; it is something better. It is a dizzy, dazzling structure that he erects about himself using as building materials selected elements from his own character.”

“If there were no applause and no criticism, who would you be?”

One hundred and ten years ago, an icon was born. Not in a manger, but in Sutton, South London.

All hail.

Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt, 25th December 1908 - 21st November 1999)