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Edith Sitwell Quotes: What an artist is for is to tell us what we see but do not know that we see.
         

What an artist is for is to tell us what we see but do not know that we see.


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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.

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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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.



Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.



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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The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation... they do not want to attract attention.





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An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. Help yourself by helping others. You have the most powerful weapons on earth - love and prayer.

An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. Help yourself by helping others. You have the most powerful weapons on earth - love and prayer.



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I'd like to have a little better relationship with the media. It's just that I don't think the media is comfortable with me.




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