The problem with compassion is that it is not photogenic. Sebastian Horsley More Quotes by Sebastian Horsley More Quotes From Sebastian Horsley I am not an intellectual. An intellectual is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso, whereas I just say 'pass the mustard'. Sebastian Horsley intellectuallooksthinking I might be old, but I'm still desirable. Sebastian Horsley desirablestillsmight I keep the shutters closed because I like to work in a hermetic environment. I like mirrors. When you look out of the window, all you see is ugliness, but when you look in the mirror all you see is beauty. Sebastian Horsley environmentmirrorslooks But really death seems the least awful thing that can happen to someone Sebastian Horsley awfulseemshappens I didn't want to tell Mother I worked as a journalist. She thought I was a prostitute. Locking yourself in a room and inventing characters and conversations which do not exit is no way for a grown man to behave. Sebastian Horsley mothercharactermen I can count all the lovers I've had on one hand...if I'm holding a calculator. Sebastian Horsley calculatorslovershands I like fat girls. A woman can never be too poor or too fat. I'd take a poor fat girl over a rich thin girl like Kate Moss. Sebastian Horsley mossrichgirl If I hear that people are litigious, I immediately dismiss them. Sebastian Horsley ifspeople It's really interesting because 50 years ago, if you didn't wear a hat everyone looked at you. It just proves that everything is fashion. Sebastian Horsley fashionyearsinteresting My only criticism about Quentin Crisp is that the subversive must be ready to subvert themselves. I may dress for myself, but I undress for everybody else, whereas he never did that - he was never prepared to drop a bomb on everything he did. Sebastian Horsley bombscriticismdresses I don't think I'm known for my gifts - I'm known for my gall. I don't want to be just a famous person - I'm too old. Sebastian Horsley personswantthinking I don't really know what Americans are like. I've no idea. I know a few things about them. In my imagination, they have warm peachy hearts, whereas the English have horrible spiteful withered hearts - success in England inspires envy - in America, it inspires hope. Sebastian Horsley heartamericaideas Everyone says Oscar Wilde was a dandy, but he wasn't, he was an aesthete. He took pleasure in food and stuff like that. Dandyism is much more austere-much more Calvinistic, more neurotic - it oscillates between narcissism and neurosis. Sebastian Horsley neurosisoscarsstuff My one concession to American sensibilities was to remove my nail polish. Sebastian Horsley polishremovenails The function of music is to release us from the boredom of existence. Sebastian Horsley releaseboredomfunction Pain can be vitalising; it gives intensity in the place of vagueness and emptiness. If we don't suffer, how do we know that we live? Sebastian Horsley liveplaceknowpain My theory is that the way you cope with the depths will ascertain the heights that you reach - they are intimately connected - and if you have a lust for life, you are also going to have a lust for death. Sebastian Horsley youlifedeathway Why shouldn't I be allowed to say stupid, outrageous things? Sebastian Horsley whysaythingsstupid I live my life like an open book, even though it's open on the wrong page. Sebastian Horsley livemy-lifelifebook I don't talk, I quote. I can't help it. It's better to be quotable than honest. Sebastian Horsley quotehelptalkbetter
