Dame Edith Sitwell Quotes


Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese? - Dame Edith Sitwell


When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen. - Dame Edith Sitwell


Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness. - Dame Edith Sitwell


The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention. - Dame Edith Sitwell


The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. - Dame Edith Sitwell


The poet is a brother speaking to a brother of "a moment of their other lives"-a moment that had been buried beneath the dust of the busy world. - Dame Edith Sitwell


Poetry is the deification of reality. - Dame Edith Sitwell


My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. - Dame Edith Sitwell


It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees. - Dame Edith Sitwell


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