“I would say that, apart from being a writer, I have also always been very conscious of the idea of a 'world elsewhere'.” WorldIdeasConsciousElsewhere 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 associate my childhood with two things, mainly: the North Devon countryside and a sense of connection to another world.” WorldTwoChildhoodConnectionsTwo ThingsAssociatesAnother WorldCountrysideDevon 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
“The peculiar thing is that, in focusing only on the here and now, Buddhism seems to despise the world.” WorldSeemsBuddhismPeculiarDespiseHere And Now Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“You focus on the here and now in order to escape existence forever and vanish into Nirvana. There is another religious impulse that is the opposite of this. It uses a world elsewhere in order to affirm life and give a reason to "go forth and multiply".” WorldGivingReasonUseOrderReligiousExistenceForeverFocusOppositesImpulseElsewhereHere And Now 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
“[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.” WorldDoeFactsCultureDiversityEndureMuseSwampsBlandMonoculture Author:Quentin S. Crisp
