Quentin Crisp never dusted his apartment

GoogaMooga · 02 Aug 2006

An inspiration to us? :wink:

from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/211644.stm

He moved to New York in the early 1980's and lived, as ever, alone in a one room apartment which he famously never cleaned. "After four years," he quipped, "you don't notice the dust."

He continued to write, producing books like 'How to Have a Life-Style', 'Manners From Heaven', 'How to Be a Virgin' and 'Resident Alien', his acclaimed New York diaries.

Quentin Crisp was a man of impeccable manners and a slightly world-weary philosophy. His gently cynical wit was laced with memorable epigrams and he became something of a guru to a far younger generation who delighted in his individualism.

The man who once called himself 'invincibly peculiar' had triumphed over prejudice to become, paradoxically, part of the establishment that had once so cruelly mocked him.

Quentin Crisp: Some Memorable Quotes

"Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper."

"If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style."

"It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn't give enough."

"It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style."

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

He sneezed alot.

GoogaMooga · 02 Aug 2006

JohnG wrote:

He sneezed alot.

Bubbles · **Joined:** 28 Jul 2005 **Posts:** 21507

That's awesome.

Quentin Crisp never dusted his apartment

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