“I was born in the seventies, age of bad haircuts and grainy colour photos.” Quote by Quentin S. Crisp
“I grew up in North Devon, by the sea, and feel a special affinity for the landscape there, despite a lack of actual ancestry.” FeelsSeaSpecialGrewGrew UpDespiteLandscapeAncestryAffinityDevon Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“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.” TakenGenerationsFeminismEssentialsSomething NewBreakdownOsmosis Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves.” ReadingGrewGrew UpCardsTeaTarotTarot CardsTea Leaves Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“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.” ThinkingHumansEndsSeemsRaceBotherHuman RaceHopefulWidows Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“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