Quentin Crisp

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born

December 25, 1908

died

November 21, 1999

gender

male

place of birth

Sutton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Quentin Crisp, born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, artist's model, actor and raconteur known for his memorable and insightful witticisms. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir, The Naked Civil Servant, brought to the attention of the general public his defiant exhibitionism and longstanding refusal to remain in the closet.

books by Quentin Crisp

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avg rating: 4.12 | 215 ratings | 22 distinct works

	The Naked Civil Servant (Penguin Classics) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 4.15 — 112 ratings — published 1997 8 editions	my rating:
	Resident Alien: The New York Diaries (Gay & Lesbian Studies) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 4.19 — 21 ratings — published 1998 3 editions	my rating:
	How to Become a Virgin (Paperback) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 4.18 — 17 ratings — published 1981 4 editions	my rating:
	Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour (Paperback) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 4.54 — 13 ratings — published 1985 4 editions	my rating:
	The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp (Paperback) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 4.45 — 11 ratings — published 1998 2 editions	my rating:
	How to Go to the Movies (Paperback) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published 1991 2 editions	my rating:
	Chog (Hardcover) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 1980 3 editions	my rating:
	Quentin Crisp's Book of Quotations: 1,000 Observations on Life and Love, By, For, and About Gay Men and Women (Hardcover) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 1989	my rating:
	How to Have a Life-Style (Paperback) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 1998	my rating:
	Three Novels: The Naked Civil Servant, How to Become a Virgin, Resident Alien (Paperback) by Quentin Crisp avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2000	my rating:

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quotes by Quentin Crisp

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

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"Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are."
— Quentin Crisp

tags: fashion, lgbt

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"I am unable to believe in a God susceptible to prayer. I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits, and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds."
— Quentin Crisp

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