Quotes by : Elizabeth Winder

Sylvia rarely flattered the men in her life- she envied them. She was far more likely to compete with....

I suppose that was an example of close attention to detail that is common to writers and artists. It....

All year long Sylvia had been trying to overthrow her guileless, college girl image. She knew "cottons....

Cyrilly expected Sylvia – as an intelligent and ambitious young woman – to walk around pale-mouthed....

We knew she [Sylvia] was unusual, because of the seriousness with which she was treated, the lofty importance....

However vivid they might be, past images and future delights did not protect Sylvia from the present,....

Her attachment to language was earthy, physical, and immediate. Pretty words you could eat.

Sylvia’s inherent appreciation for beauty as both artist and consumer is evident in her journals and....

Before New York, the cracks were already there, but now they began to split open and gape, and the difference....

Sylvia would have taken it seriously- so strong was her devotion to the innate intelligence of form.....