"The only difference between an artist and a……" — Osbert Sitwell
"The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to conceal the intensity of his obsession from all except those similarly afflicted."
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Osbert Sitwell
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13 Quotes by Osbert Sitwell
Osbert Sitwell has 13 quotes on this site.
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A golf course outside a big town serves an excellent purpose in that it segregates, as though a concentration camp,…
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In reality, killing time is only the name for another of the multifarious ways by which Time kills us.
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I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.
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How simple-minded of the Germans to imagine that we British could be cowed by the destruction of our ancient monuments!…
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Everywhere men have unlocked the prisoners within, and from under the disguising skins the apes have leapt joyfully out.
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The Rich Man's Banquet, which was to last for a decade, had now begun: the feast, it was recognised, went…
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The artist, like the idiot or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him…
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Hell has a climate, but no situation. It lies in the spirit, and not in space.
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Blood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us.
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We attended stables, as we attended church, in our best clothes, thereby no doubt showing the degree of respect due…
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For forty days he went out into the desert - and never shot anything [on Jesus]
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Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try…
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never…
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The Catholics have a Pope. Protestants laugh at them, and yet the Pope is capable of intellectual advancement. In addition…
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to…
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The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets…
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The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away.…
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And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
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Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees…
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…
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I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have…
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Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you…
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No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness.…
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