“I feel almost as if I had been born in a vacuum of innocence, and then had to come to terms with the fact that actually, I was born into the middle of history - the rather grimy normality of the 70s, which did, indeed, retain some traces of human innocence, but were also girded about by the demons of experience.” IfsFeelsHumansFactsTermBornMiddleInnocenceDemonVacuumsNormality Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“Speaking of [Philip] Larkin, in his poem about the First World War he wrote something like, "Never such innocence, before or since, that turned itself to past without a word".” WorldFirstsWarPastInnocenceWar Of The WorldsPhilipFirst World War Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I can't imagine anyone ever again being able to make a film like, say, Summer Holiday, for instance, to give a British example, actually. And there will never be another Annette Funicello. I suppose it's the slight starchiness of the innocence that makes it unrepeatable.” GivingI CanAbleFilmImagineExampleSummerBritishInstanceInnocenceHoliday Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“If there is innocence on Earth again, I tend to imagine it in more [Henry David]Thoreau sort of terms.” IfsEarthTermImagineInnocenceDavid Thoreau Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I think the seventies caught the last red rays of the dying sun of this innocence, but were already a little cold and drab.” ThinkingLittlesLastsSunDyingColdRedCaughtInnocenceRaysSeventies Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I suppose I could say that to be interested in innocence already suggests a remove from innocence, perhaps a longing for something that is lost.” LostLongingInnocenceRemove Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I'm not sure if there is a cultural loss of innocence specifically associated with the seventies. The oil crisis? The Watergate scandal? I really don't know. There's nothing there on the scale of Hiroshima.” IfsKnowsLossCrisisOilScalesInnocenceNot SureSeventiesScandalHiroshimaWatergateLoss Of Innocence Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“Perhaps I can also add something about the rural setting of Remember You're a One-Ball! The countryside is a place - in mythological and perhaps in very real terms - of mixed innocence and sin. It is seen by townsfolk as idyllic, lazy, free of urban crime and social problems. But those who grow up in the country can tell stories that often surprise those who grow up in the towns.” I CanRealCountryStoriesProblemRememberSocialGrowsTermSinGrowing UpCrimeBallsTownsAddSurpriseSettingSettingsInnocenceLazyUrbanCountrysideRemember YouRemembers YouSocial ProblemsIdyllic Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“You might call this innocence. I had a sense of another world that had not been spoken of to me.” WorldMightInnocenceAnother World Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“Nonetheless, I'm not sure this entirely accounts for my Buddhist voice, which tells me forever to give up writing, to give up on relationships, simply to give up. Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to me to be the voice of innocence.” GivingWritingSeemsVoiceForeverGiving UpAccountsBuddhistInnocenceNot Sure Author:Quentin S. Crisp
