Quotes from Taken Care Of — Edith Sitwell
1887–1964 England
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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
Taken Care Of (1965)
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
Taken Care Of (1965)
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.
Taken Care Of (1965)
I'm not the man to baulk at a low smell,
I’m not the man to insist on asphodel.
This sounds like a He-fellow, don’t you think?
It sounds like that. I belch, I bawl, I drink.
Taken Care Of (1965)
There are people, also, who cannot believe that beauty and gaiety are a part of goodness.
When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen.
Taken Care Of (1965)