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> [Isn't it curious how one has only to open a book of verse to realise immediately that it was written by a very fine poet, or else that it was written by someone who is not a poet at all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/isn-t-it-curious-how-one-has-only-to-open-a-book-of-verse-to-realise/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

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## More by Edith Sitwell

> [The reason why Matthew Arnold, to my feeling, fails entirely as a poet (though no doubt his ideas were good - at least, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/the-reason-why-matthew-arnold-to-my-feeling-fails-entirely-as-a-poet/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [The great sins and fires break out of me like the terrible leaves from the bough in the violent spring. I am a walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/the-great-sins-and-fires-break-out-of-me-like-the-terrible-leaves/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [“Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/eccentricity-is-not-as-dull-people-would-have-us-believe-a-form-of/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/i-am-not-eccentric-it-s-just-that-i-am-more-alive-than-most-people-i/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/i-am-patient-with-stupidity-but-not-with-those-who-are-proud-of-it/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [“Said the lion to the lioness - "when you are amber dust - No more a raging fire like the heat of the sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/said-the-lion-to-the-lioness-when-you-are-amber-dust-no-more-a-raging/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [“The fusty showman fumbles, must Fit in a particle of dust The universe, for fear it gain Its freedom from my cube of brain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/the-fusty-showman-fumbles-must-fit-in-a-particle-of-dust-the-universe/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/the-trouble-with-most-englishwomen-is-that-they-will-dress-as-if-they/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [The poet is the complete lover of mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/the-poet-is-the-complete-lover-of-mankind/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [What is the special privilege of youth? It is, I think, the power of looking forward, the firm belief that the future holds something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/what-is-the-special-privilege-of-youth-it-is-i-think-the-power-of/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality. Rhythm might be described as, to the world of sound, what light is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/rhythm-is-one-of-the-principal-translators-between-dream-and-reality/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/winter-is-the-time-for-comfort-for-good-food-and-warmth-for-the-touch/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/hot-water-is-my-native-element-i-was-in-it-as-a-baby-and-i-have-never/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/the-aim-of-flattery-is-to-soothe-and-encourage-us-by-assuring-us-of/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

> [A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/a-great-many-people-now-reading-and-writing-would-be-better-employed/)

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