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 (1887–1964)
“The ghost of the heart of manred Cain
And the more murderous brain
Of Man, still redder Nero that conceived the death
Of his mother Earth, and tore
Her womb, to know the place where he was conceived.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
“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 (1888–1976)
“I have a lot of respect for that dame [Delilah]. There’s one lady barber that made good.”
—Alexander Hall. Cleo Borden (Mae West)
“The ghost of the heart of manred Cain
And the more murderous brain
Of Man, still redder Nero that conceived the death
Of his mother Earth, and tore
Her womb, to know the place where he was conceived.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
“When
Sir
Beelzebub called for his syllabub in the hotel in Hell
Where Proserpine first fell,”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)