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Edith Sitwell Quotes

Edith Sitwell quotes

British Poet September 7, 1887 – December 9, 1964

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Answers I kept my answers small and kept them near; Big questions bruised my mind but still I let. Small answers be a bullwark to my fear. The huge abstractions I kept from the light; Small things I handled and caressed and loved. I let the stars assume the whole of night. But the big answers clamoured to be moved Into my life. Their great audacity. Shouted to be acknowledged and believed. Even when all small answers build up to. Protection of my spirit, still I hear. Big answers striving for... Edith Sitwell
All day long you sit and sew, Stitch life down for fear it grow, Stitch life down for fear we guess. At the hidden ugliness. Dusty voice that throbs with heat, Hoping with your steel-thin beat. To put stitches in my mind, Make it tidy, make it kind, You shall not: I'll keep it free. Though you turn earth, sky and sea. To a patchwork quilt to keep. Your mind snug and warm in sleep! Edith Sitwell
Said the Sun to the Moon-'When you are but a lonely white crone, And I, a dead King in my golden armour somewhere in a dark wood, Remember only this of our hopeless love. That never till Time is done. Will the fire of the heart and the fire of the mind be one Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell quote: "The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that..."
The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell quote: "I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the..."
I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art. Edith Sitwell
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. Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell quote: "I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I..."
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself. Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell quote: "My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence."
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. Edith Sitwell
Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross. 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. Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell quote: "Good taste is the worst vice ever invented."
Good taste is the worst vice ever invented. Edith Sitwell
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
Edith Sitwell quote: "A great many people now reading and writing would be better..."
A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits. 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. Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell quote: "Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I..."
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

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