Edith Sitwell
Edith Sitwell
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBEwas a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth7 September 1877
god reality vulgarity-is
Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
home winter hands
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.
spring passion fire
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 ...
dream reality rhythm
Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.
women eels people
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 catfish.
funny music reading
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
patience stupid ignorance
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.