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Edith Sitwell Quotes: Art is magic, not logic. This craze for the logical spirit in irrational shape is part of the present harmful mania for uniformity.
         

Art is magic, not logic. This craze for the logical spirit in irrational shape is part of the present harmful mania for uniformity.


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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.

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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 goldfish.

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 goldfish.



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?

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?



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