Author: Edith Sitwell

Quotes

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

- Edith Sitwell

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.

The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.

- Edith Sitwell

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.

- Edith Sitwell

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

- Edith Sitwell

A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.

A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.

- Edith Sitwell

Poetry is the deification of reality.

Poetry is the deification of reality.

- Edith Sitwell

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

- Edith Sitwell

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

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

- Edith Sitwell

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.

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

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