Famous quotes containing the words dame edith sitwell, edith sitwell, dame edith, dame, edith and/or sitwell:
“Mother or Murderer, you have
given or taken life
Now all is one!”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (18871964)
“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.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (18871964)
“A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.”
—Dame Edith Evans (18881976)
“I have a lot of respect for that dame [Delilah]. Theres one lady barber that made good.”
—Alexander Hall. Cleo Borden (Mae West)
“If youre an actor, a real actor, youve got to be on the stage. But you mustnt go on the stage unless its absolutely the only thing you can do.”
—Dame Edith Evans (18881976)
“Im not the man to baulk at a low smell,
Im not the man to insist on asphodel.
This sounds like a He-fellow, dont you think?
It sounds like that. I belch, I bawl, I drink.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (18871964)