Quotes by : Edith Sitwell

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Said the Sun to the Moon-'When you are but a lonely white crone,And I, a dead King in my golden armour....

All day long you sit and sew,Stitch life down for fear it grow,Stitch life down for fear we guessAt the....

I am dying but otherwise I am quite well.

The fusty showman fumbles, must Fit in a particle of dustThe universe, for fear it gainIts freedom from....

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty...But I am too busy thinking about myself.

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

Solo For Ear-Trumpet The carriage brushes through the brightLeaves (violent jets from life to light);Strong....

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

Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride,....