Dame Edith Sitwell ( 5 of 5 )
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for read more
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.
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.
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of read more
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us 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.
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try read more
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?
