“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
“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
“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
“The urban, on the other hand, is often seen as more real and mundane, even though it is obviously far more recent in terms of planetary development. I think this might be because nature corresponds to the unconscious and the artificial world of the city and human culture to the conscious mind.” ThinkingWorldMindHumansRealHandsMightCultureTermCitiesDevelopmentConsciousUnconsciousArtificialUrbanMundaneConscious Mind Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I began researching and writing what I intended as a book-length essay entitled Fascination and Liberation, exploring the question of whether there is a conflict between creativity and the Eastern form of enlightenment. I don't know if I'll ever finish that essay, because I had an experience, after I'd written two or three chapters, in which it seemed to me that my psychic antibodies decisively rejected Buddhism. Interestingly, the rejection felt as if it happened in Zen terms.” IfsKnowsWritingTwoBookFormThreeFeltTermCreativityWrittenHappenedBuddhismConflictEnlightenmentLiberationRejectionLengthChaptersRejectedEntitledExploringPsychicsEasternEssaysFascinationAntibodies Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“In terms of what is expressed, antinatalism is a strong presence, not always explicit, in what I write.” WritingStrongTermExplicit Author:Quentin S. Crisp
