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Edith Sitwell Quotes

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish Picture Quote #1

Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd Picture Quote #1

Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since Picture Quote #1

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art Picture Quote #1

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves Picture Quote #1

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten Picture Quote #1

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It is a part of the poet’s work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees Picture Quote #1

As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our days holy to us. The poet should speak to all men, for a moment, of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t dream of following a fashion... how could one be a different person every three months? Picture Quote #1

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. It is no season in which to wander the world as if one were the wind blowing aimlessly along the streets without a place to rest, without food, and without time meaning anything to one, just as time means nothing to the wind Picture Quote #1

It is as unseeing to ask what is the use of poetry as it would be to ask what is the use of religion Picture Quote #1

The great sins and fires break out of me like the terrible leaves from the bough in the violent spring. I am a walking fire, I am all leaves Picture Quote #1

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Art is magic, not logic. This craze for the logical spirit in irrational shape is part of the present harmful mania for uniformity Picture Quote #1

When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen Picture Quote #1

Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe, and restores to us forgotten paradises Picture Quote #1

What an artist is for is to tell us what we see but do not know that we see Picture Quote #1

Most women dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous reincarnation, or hope to be one in the next Picture Quote #1

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I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish (Edith Sitwell Quotes) Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd (Edith Sitwell Quotes) Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since (Edith Sitwell Quotes) I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art (Edith Sitwell Quotes) The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves (Edith Sitwell Quotes) The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten (Edith Sitwell Quotes) It is a part of the poet’s work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees (Edith Sitwell Quotes) As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our days holy to us. The poet should speak to all men, for a moment, of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten (Edith Sitwell Quotes) I wouldn’t dream of following a fashion... how could one be a different person every three months? (Edith Sitwell Quotes) Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. It is no season in which to wander the world as if one were the wind blowing aimlessly along the streets without a place to rest, without food, and without time meaning anything to one, just as time means nothing to the wind (Edith Sitwell Quotes) It is as unseeing to ask what is the use of poetry as it would be to ask what is the use of religion (Edith Sitwell Quotes) The great sins and fires break out of me like the terrible leaves from the bough in the violent spring. I am a walking fire, I am all leaves (Edith Sitwell Quotes) Art is magic, not logic. This craze for the logical spirit in irrational shape is part of the present harmful mania for uniformity (Edith Sitwell Quotes) When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen (Edith Sitwell Quotes) Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe, and restores to us forgotten paradises (Edith Sitwell Quotes) What an artist is for is to tell us what we see but do not know that we see (Edith Sitwell Quotes) Most women dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous reincarnation, or hope to be one in the next (Edith Sitwell Quotes)

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