The wealthy curlèd darlings of our nation.

The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.

I cannot talk with civet in the room,
A fine puss — gentleman that’s all perfume.

Dandyism is … a variety of genius.

Detachment is the prerogative of an elite; and as the dandy is the nineteenth century’s surrogate for the aristocrat in matters of culture, so Camp is the modern dandyism. Camp is the answer to the problem: how to be a dandy in the age of mass culture.

A man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the exquisites who are going to rule.