[My muse] is, in fact, a woman of the world, and precisely because of this, hopes that a diversity of cultures will endure, and that one bland monoculture does not swamp everything. Quentin S. Crisp More Quotes by Quentin S. Crisp More Quotes From Quentin S. Crisp I'm more a dog person than a cat person. Quentin S. Crisp cat persons dog I don't believe in sexual love. Quentin S. Crisp dont-believe believe I've drifted in and out of vegetarianism for years. Quentin S. Crisp vegetarianism years I seem to be less depressed but also less hopeful now in my thirties. My widow's peak bothers me. I think a lot about the end of the human race. And so on. Quentin S. Crisp hopeful race thinking I think I'm probably too close to the seventies to be able to analyse them (it?) effectively. Quentin S. Crisp seventies able thinking I mean, in 1979 I was seven. I do remember punk, though, as a playground phenomenon, and remember that it was exciting to us. It really was, to a five- or six-year-old, quite a thrilling enticement to revolt. The anarchy sign scratched in desk tops, and so on. Quentin S. Crisp six-year-olds mean years To me the seventies represent normality, and, of course, it is a normality that is now anachronistic. Quentin S. Crisp seventies normality courses I've never been baptised. Quentin S. Crisp I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves. Quentin S. Crisp tea-leaves tarot reading I was in just the right generation to have taken feminism seriously by osmosis - also the generation when the breakdown of the family really began and for whom The Smiths were something new and essential. Quentin S. Crisp osmosis feminism taken More or less the first thing that comes into my head is that some people are always looking for what they want to do in life and never finding it. I'm not one of those people. It has been very obvious to me from an early age who I am, and this has been tied up with creativity, and, specifically, with writing. Quentin S. Crisp creativity who-i-am writing People often refer to a creative ability as a 'gift', and, of course, it is, in that, if I had sat down and logically tried to work out who I was and what I should do, I would never have come up with the idea of writing. It was already there, gratis, a given - a gift. Quentin S. Crisp writing people ideas The weird thing is, I'm not entirely sure that I am meant to think that such a gift is who I am according to the philosophy underlying Vedanta. But I have long been stubborn like that, for some reason. It's a gift, as I say. Quentin S. Crisp who-i-am philosophy thinking This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write. Quentin S. Crisp who-i-am strong writing The quality of that 'who I am', is what I hope comes out in the writing. Quentin S. Crisp quality who-i-am writing When we fail to live up to our ideals, for instance, we might begin to wonder who we are - most people are aware of a discrepancy, I think. There are idiosyncrasies and foibles, but we're not sure if these are essential. Some people think they are the most essential things of all. Quentin S. Crisp essentials people thinking I was born in the seventies, age of bad haircuts and grainy colour photos. Quentin S. Crisp born colour age I grew up in North Devon, by the sea, and feel a special affinity for the landscape there, despite a lack of actual ancestry. Quentin S. Crisp landscape special sea I would say that, apart from being a writer, I have also always been very conscious of the idea of a 'world elsewhere'. Quentin S. Crisp conscious world ideas The cultural products of America from this period [ fifties and sixties] are like a vision of paradise or something. I find it utterly intoxicating. Quentin S. Crisp paradise vision america
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