Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.

We used to say that inside Cecil Beaton there was another Cecil Beaton sending out lots of little Cecils into the world. One did the sets, another did the costumes. A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.

Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.

Why can't a woman be more like a man?

For a painter, the Mecca of the world for study, for inspiration, and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look at it. No wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, you'd better give up and marry the boss's daughter.

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here, but it sounds better in French.

The female sex has no greater fan than I, and I have the bills to prove it.