Camp Aesthetic Quotes

'Camp' is a vision of the world in terms of style - but a particular style. It is the love of the exaggerated.

Yes, well, you are quite camp, so I guess that he could see the point of you.

I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste.

In a way, I think Roxy Music is high camp, in a brilliant way.

Of course The Beach Boys will be camp.

Whether it is a garden gnome, the sound of Bing Crosby launching into 'White Christmas', the blinking innocent eyes of Bambi or the words of Patience Strong, the kitsch phenomenon is there as strong and recognisable as your mother's face. You seldom if ever have the question, whether this is kitsch or not. If you think it might be, then it is.

Sharon Needles was based on two things: That she was beautiful and that she was stupid.

I love John Waters. You see, I want to be the next Divine.

Basic Instinct 2' is camp, not because it takes itself too seriously, nor because it sends itself up, but because we are not sure quite how seriously it wants us to take it.

The whole point of Camp is to dethrone the serious. Camp is playful, anti-serious. More precisely, Camp involves a new, more complex relation to "the serious." One can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious.

I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness.

You should make an effort on stage because it's a performance. The stage should be glittery and camp, but I don't go down the shops in full stage gear.

There are a lot of people who are considered 'camp' who have no idea how ridiculous they are.

Drag, in my view these days, has become the thing it used to make fun of - which is Jennifer Lopez. Now we all want to be her. We have stylists; we have special photographers.

I think that fashion, in general, is a world of super-heightened glamour, and when you talk about super-heightened glamour, the first thing that comes to mind is a drag queen.