- 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. Edith Sitwell »
- Good taste is the worst vice ever invented. Edith Sitwell »
- I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. Edith Sitwell »
- My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. Edith Sitwell »
- The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. Edith Sitwell »
- Why not be oneself That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound why try to look like a Pekinese Edith Sitwell »
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