Dame Sitwell Quotations

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.

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the highest flights of art

It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees