Mission Statement
I first launched this site in early 2000, initially as a way to try to excise my sense of loss at Quentin’s death in November of the preceding year.
I had no thought of any long term future for the site and had only purchased the domain for a year.
But as the weeks passed I began to realise that people were looking at it.
Then I was contacted by some of his friends, firstly June Lang and then Guy Kettlehack.
It began to dawn on me that my site could have a scope beyond the initial purpose, and I developed the idea of using the site to try to keep his memory alive.
I completely redesigned the site, and changed its’ name to www.quentincrisp.info.
Maurice Heerdink allowed me to use his beautiful portrait of Quentin on the opening page.
My wife Karen Curlett Kelly came up with the idea for the snakes and ladders game of life and the bookcase.
I choose the .info extension specifically because that was what I wanted the site to be, an information resource about Quentin. If I was to keep his memory alive then I had to show and remind people who he was and what his life and philosophy stood for.
So I set about presenting all the information about him that I could find, and people have contacted me often to say how much they have learned about him from the site. I have had contact from students who have used the site as a resource for their courses.
I have also started a discussion forum and a fans area on the site so that people can communicate with each other and make their own contributions to the site.
So the site continues to grow and as the years have passed I have made contact with many more of his friends, all of whom have been incredibly supportive and many have made their own significant contributions to the site.
It has been a life enhancing experience and a continuous example of the positive influence Quentin had on so many people.
I would like to end this ‘mission statement’ with the following comment my wife made about Quentin some years ago
“If people followed Quentin's philosophy, maybe the world would be a better place and the people in it a bit more human.”
The Webmaster
Nigel Kelly
I had no thought of any long term future for the site and had only purchased the domain for a year.
But as the weeks passed I began to realise that people were looking at it.
Then I was contacted by some of his friends, firstly June Lang and then Guy Kettlehack.
It began to dawn on me that my site could have a scope beyond the initial purpose, and I developed the idea of using the site to try to keep his memory alive.
I completely redesigned the site, and changed its’ name to www.quentincrisp.info.
Maurice Heerdink allowed me to use his beautiful portrait of Quentin on the opening page.
My wife Karen Curlett Kelly came up with the idea for the snakes and ladders game of life and the bookcase.
I choose the .info extension specifically because that was what I wanted the site to be, an information resource about Quentin. If I was to keep his memory alive then I had to show and remind people who he was and what his life and philosophy stood for.
So I set about presenting all the information about him that I could find, and people have contacted me often to say how much they have learned about him from the site. I have had contact from students who have used the site as a resource for their courses.
I have also started a discussion forum and a fans area on the site so that people can communicate with each other and make their own contributions to the site.
So the site continues to grow and as the years have passed I have made contact with many more of his friends, all of whom have been incredibly supportive and many have made their own significant contributions to the site.
It has been a life enhancing experience and a continuous example of the positive influence Quentin had on so many people.
I would like to end this ‘mission statement’ with the following comment my wife made about Quentin some years ago
“If people followed Quentin's philosophy, maybe the world would be a better place and the people in it a bit more human.”
The Webmaster
Nigel Kelly