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Dame Edith Sitwell - Face to Face Interview 1959
Eckington Parish Television - Dame Edith Sitwell - Face to Face Interview 1959. Broadcast 18th November 2014. All Copyright Is Owned By The BBC.
published: 18 Nov 2014
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Edith Sitwell Documentary
Who was Dame Edith Sitwell, the noblewoman who published poets' unheard voices across the United Kingdom? She loved both Siegfried Sassoon and Pavel Tchelitchew, and was an accomplished musician. Experiencing a cruel childhood in Sitwell family estates like Renishaw Hall, with her nose strapped to her face and her back braced in iron, Edith's mother Lady Ida Denison spent time and in and out of debtor's prison in 1912 and 1915 while her father Sir George Sitwell ran off to Italy to restore the decrepit Castello di Montegufoni in 1909. Loving eccentrics herself, Sitwell's unique sartorial style with chunky rings, turbans and headdresses was so beloved it is in Victoria and Albert Museum collections. Learn more about Edith Sitwell and her family in this piece.
Sources:
https://historything...
published: 04 Nov 2022
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Dame Edith Sitwell Talking About Marilyn Monroe In 1959
British poet and critic on her meetings with Marilyn
published: 14 Jul 2014
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Dame Edith Sitwell reading a sequence of poems (1959)
Dame Edith Sitwell reads a sequence of poems chosen from the recital she gave last week at the Edinburgh Festival
published: 04 Jun 2022
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Edith Sitwell 'Face to Face' BBC (1959)
Interview
published: 24 Jul 2022
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Heart and Mind by Edith Sitwell - Read by John Gielgud
published: 25 Jul 2016
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Poet Dame Edith Sitwell Recalls Meeting Marilyn
'Face to Face', (BBC, 1959).
#poet #EdithSitwell
published: 06 Feb 2021
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Sitwell and Walton -- Facade with Edith Sitwell and Peter Pears
Facade, An Entertainment-- poems by Edith Sitwell (first picture), music by William Walton (second picture); Edith Sitwell and Peter Pears, reciters; Anthony Collins conducting The English Opera Group Ensemble; a British Decca recording, made in 1953, issued in the United States on London long-play disc A4104.
The selections presented here are--
Orchestral Fanfare;
Poem 3, Mariner Man ("What are you staring at, mariner man..."), recited by Sitwell;
Poem 6, Tango-Pasodoble ("When Don Pasquito arrived at the seaside..."), recited by Pears;
Poem 7, Lullaby For Jumbo ("Jumbo asleep! Grey leaves thick-furred as his ears..."), recited by Sitwell;
Poem 16, Valse ("Daisy and Lily, lazy and silly, walk by the shore..."), recited by Sitwell;
Poem 21, Sir Beelzebub ("When Sir Beelzebub called ...
published: 25 Jun 2009
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The Bright Young Things, The Sitwells and Weston Hall
Here writer, journalist, broadcaster and Masterchef judge William Sitwell describes how his grandparents, Georgia and Sacheverell Sitwell, played host to some of the most famous and influential characters of the 20th Century at their ancestral family home of Weston Hall in Northamptonshire, England.
Offering a retreat away from the formality and constraints of urban living, the infamous Bright Young Things - a group of young ‘bohemian’ aristocrats and socialites now perhaps best known for their flamboyant and lavish indulgences, not to mention their raucous weekend country house parties - were regular visitors to Weston Hall, and William’s grandparents, uncles and aunts were very much a part of that heady, social scene during Britain’s pre-war 1920’s and 1930’s. However, what is sometim...
published: 05 Nov 2021
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TOP 20 Edith Sitwell Quotes
TOP 20 Edith Sitwell Quotes.
Wallpapers - https://quotefancy.com/edith-sitwell-quotes
“Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe, and restores to us forgotten paradises.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:00)
“My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:07)
“There is no truth. Only points of view.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:14)
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:21)
“The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:28)
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time fo...
published: 01 Jan 2018
26:28
Dame Edith Sitwell - Face to Face Interview 1959
Eckington Parish Television - Dame Edith Sitwell - Face to Face Interview 1959. Broadcast 18th November 2014. All Copyright Is Owned By The BBC.
Eckington Parish Television - Dame Edith Sitwell - Face to Face Interview 1959. Broadcast 18th November 2014. All Copyright Is Owned By The BBC.
https://wn.com/Dame_Edith_Sitwell_Face_To_Face_Interview_1959
Eckington Parish Television - Dame Edith Sitwell - Face to Face Interview 1959. Broadcast 18th November 2014. All Copyright Is Owned By The BBC.
- published: 18 Nov 2014
- views: 465837
25:06
Edith Sitwell Documentary
Who was Dame Edith Sitwell, the noblewoman who published poets' unheard voices across the United Kingdom? She loved both Siegfried Sassoon and Pavel Tchelitchew...
Who was Dame Edith Sitwell, the noblewoman who published poets' unheard voices across the United Kingdom? She loved both Siegfried Sassoon and Pavel Tchelitchew, and was an accomplished musician. Experiencing a cruel childhood in Sitwell family estates like Renishaw Hall, with her nose strapped to her face and her back braced in iron, Edith's mother Lady Ida Denison spent time and in and out of debtor's prison in 1912 and 1915 while her father Sir George Sitwell ran off to Italy to restore the decrepit Castello di Montegufoni in 1909. Loving eccentrics herself, Sitwell's unique sartorial style with chunky rings, turbans and headdresses was so beloved it is in Victoria and Albert Museum collections. Learn more about Edith Sitwell and her family in this piece.
Sources:
https://historythings.com/historys-nutcases-sir-george-sitwell/
https://www.gardenia.net/plant/vanda-denisoniana
https://www.italyonthisday.com/2020/05/osbert-sitwell-english-writer-lived-in-Italy.html
https://www.liquisearch.com/julian_osgood_field
#edithsitwell #thesitwells #renishawhall #dameedithsitwell #georgesitwell #edithsitwelldocumentary #siegfriedsassoon #edithsitwelldocumentary #paveltchelitchew #brightyoungthingsdocumentary #ladyidadenison #idasitwell #helenrootham #hampstead #osbertsitwell #sacheverellsitwell #castellodimontegufoni #montegufonicastle #evelynwaugh #stillfallstherain #facade #brightyoungthings #edwardianliterature #edwardianera #edwardianengland #britishliterature #englishliterature #englisheccentric
https://wn.com/Edith_Sitwell_Documentary
Who was Dame Edith Sitwell, the noblewoman who published poets' unheard voices across the United Kingdom? She loved both Siegfried Sassoon and Pavel Tchelitchew, and was an accomplished musician. Experiencing a cruel childhood in Sitwell family estates like Renishaw Hall, with her nose strapped to her face and her back braced in iron, Edith's mother Lady Ida Denison spent time and in and out of debtor's prison in 1912 and 1915 while her father Sir George Sitwell ran off to Italy to restore the decrepit Castello di Montegufoni in 1909. Loving eccentrics herself, Sitwell's unique sartorial style with chunky rings, turbans and headdresses was so beloved it is in Victoria and Albert Museum collections. Learn more about Edith Sitwell and her family in this piece.
Sources:
https://historythings.com/historys-nutcases-sir-george-sitwell/
https://www.gardenia.net/plant/vanda-denisoniana
https://www.italyonthisday.com/2020/05/osbert-sitwell-english-writer-lived-in-Italy.html
https://www.liquisearch.com/julian_osgood_field
#edithsitwell #thesitwells #renishawhall #dameedithsitwell #georgesitwell #edithsitwelldocumentary #siegfriedsassoon #edithsitwelldocumentary #paveltchelitchew #brightyoungthingsdocumentary #ladyidadenison #idasitwell #helenrootham #hampstead #osbertsitwell #sacheverellsitwell #castellodimontegufoni #montegufonicastle #evelynwaugh #stillfallstherain #facade #brightyoungthings #edwardianliterature #edwardianera #edwardianengland #britishliterature #englishliterature #englisheccentric
- published: 04 Nov 2022
- views: 8457
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Dame Edith Sitwell reading a sequence of poems (1959)
Dame Edith Sitwell reads a sequence of poems chosen from the recital she gave last week at the Edinburgh Festival
Dame Edith Sitwell reads a sequence of poems chosen from the recital she gave last week at the Edinburgh Festival
https://wn.com/Dame_Edith_Sitwell_Reading_A_Sequence_Of_Poems_(1959)
Dame Edith Sitwell reads a sequence of poems chosen from the recital she gave last week at the Edinburgh Festival
- published: 04 Jun 2022
- views: 4816
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Sitwell and Walton -- Facade with Edith Sitwell and Peter Pears
Facade, An Entertainment-- poems by Edith Sitwell (first picture), music by William Walton (second picture); Edith Sitwell and Peter Pears, reciters; Anthony Co...
Facade, An Entertainment-- poems by Edith Sitwell (first picture), music by William Walton (second picture); Edith Sitwell and Peter Pears, reciters; Anthony Collins conducting The English Opera Group Ensemble; a British Decca recording, made in 1953, issued in the United States on London long-play disc A4104.
The selections presented here are--
Orchestral Fanfare;
Poem 3, Mariner Man ("What are you staring at, mariner man..."), recited by Sitwell;
Poem 6, Tango-Pasodoble ("When Don Pasquito arrived at the seaside..."), recited by Pears;
Poem 7, Lullaby For Jumbo ("Jumbo asleep! Grey leaves thick-furred as his ears..."), recited by Sitwell;
Poem 16, Valse ("Daisy and Lily, lazy and silly, walk by the shore..."), recited by Sitwell;
Poem 21, Sir Beelzebub ("When Sir Beelzebub called for his syllabub in the hotel in Hell..."), recited by Pears.
The work was created by Edith Sitwell and William Walton during the time Walton was sharing a house with Edith's brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell; the poems were not set to music for singing, but rather intended for recitation accompanied by music. The premiere took place in the drawing room of the house in 1922, the public premiere in 1923. The poetry and the music were changed over the years, Dame Edith's final choice of poems, numbering 21, being established in 1942, and the final score published in 1951, from the music of which Sir William composed purely orchestral suites.
The poems, Dame Edith states, "are abstract poems-- that is, they are patterns in sound... experiments... enquiries into the effect on rhythm, and on speed, of the use of rhymes, assonances and dissonances, placed outwardly and inwardly (at different places in the line) and in most elaborate patterns." Undeterred, there are those who determinedly demand an answer to the question "But what do the poems mean?" and who, psycho-cartographically, attempt to map the sweeping terrain of Dame Edith's mind (see 'Facade, Edith Sitwell, With An Interpretation By Pamela Hunter [an actress who portrayed the poet on stage and television]', Duckworth, 1987).
I prefer to take the poet at her word, the simpler, if possibly naive, approach suggested by her own commentary and expanded upon in an essay on the Web site of The Guardian (UK) newspaper-- Dame Edith as a word-playing rapper! Perhaps the very earliest, and certainly among the very best.
While contemporary rap began in New York City during the late 1970s as social-protest verses-- and versus-- accentuated with percussion, much of it is now word-play, and some-- the more creative and clean-- seemingly the sort of thing Dame Edith had in mind. "The words to [her] poems were chosen for their sound, colour and rhythm, and make very little sense. [T]hey conjure up a sense of wonderment and weirdness..." (see 'Strictly Old Skool!' by John Moore, in Music, guardian.co.uk, posted 30 January 2007). So, "Rap music was invented in England by Dame Edith Sitwell in 1922...." And that is the end of the news, from London.
https://wn.com/Sitwell_And_Walton_Facade_With_Edith_Sitwell_And_Peter_Pears
Facade, An Entertainment-- poems by Edith Sitwell (first picture), music by William Walton (second picture); Edith Sitwell and Peter Pears, reciters; Anthony Collins conducting The English Opera Group Ensemble; a British Decca recording, made in 1953, issued in the United States on London long-play disc A4104.
The selections presented here are--
Orchestral Fanfare;
Poem 3, Mariner Man ("What are you staring at, mariner man..."), recited by Sitwell;
Poem 6, Tango-Pasodoble ("When Don Pasquito arrived at the seaside..."), recited by Pears;
Poem 7, Lullaby For Jumbo ("Jumbo asleep! Grey leaves thick-furred as his ears..."), recited by Sitwell;
Poem 16, Valse ("Daisy and Lily, lazy and silly, walk by the shore..."), recited by Sitwell;
Poem 21, Sir Beelzebub ("When Sir Beelzebub called for his syllabub in the hotel in Hell..."), recited by Pears.
The work was created by Edith Sitwell and William Walton during the time Walton was sharing a house with Edith's brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell; the poems were not set to music for singing, but rather intended for recitation accompanied by music. The premiere took place in the drawing room of the house in 1922, the public premiere in 1923. The poetry and the music were changed over the years, Dame Edith's final choice of poems, numbering 21, being established in 1942, and the final score published in 1951, from the music of which Sir William composed purely orchestral suites.
The poems, Dame Edith states, "are abstract poems-- that is, they are patterns in sound... experiments... enquiries into the effect on rhythm, and on speed, of the use of rhymes, assonances and dissonances, placed outwardly and inwardly (at different places in the line) and in most elaborate patterns." Undeterred, there are those who determinedly demand an answer to the question "But what do the poems mean?" and who, psycho-cartographically, attempt to map the sweeping terrain of Dame Edith's mind (see 'Facade, Edith Sitwell, With An Interpretation By Pamela Hunter [an actress who portrayed the poet on stage and television]', Duckworth, 1987).
I prefer to take the poet at her word, the simpler, if possibly naive, approach suggested by her own commentary and expanded upon in an essay on the Web site of The Guardian (UK) newspaper-- Dame Edith as a word-playing rapper! Perhaps the very earliest, and certainly among the very best.
While contemporary rap began in New York City during the late 1970s as social-protest verses-- and versus-- accentuated with percussion, much of it is now word-play, and some-- the more creative and clean-- seemingly the sort of thing Dame Edith had in mind. "The words to [her] poems were chosen for their sound, colour and rhythm, and make very little sense. [T]hey conjure up a sense of wonderment and weirdness..." (see 'Strictly Old Skool!' by John Moore, in Music, guardian.co.uk, posted 30 January 2007). So, "Rap music was invented in England by Dame Edith Sitwell in 1922...." And that is the end of the news, from London.
- published: 25 Jun 2009
- views: 83067
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The Bright Young Things, The Sitwells and Weston Hall
Here writer, journalist, broadcaster and Masterchef judge William Sitwell describes how his grandparents, Georgia and Sacheverell Sitwell, played host to some o...
Here writer, journalist, broadcaster and Masterchef judge William Sitwell describes how his grandparents, Georgia and Sacheverell Sitwell, played host to some of the most famous and influential characters of the 20th Century at their ancestral family home of Weston Hall in Northamptonshire, England.
Offering a retreat away from the formality and constraints of urban living, the infamous Bright Young Things - a group of young ‘bohemian’ aristocrats and socialites now perhaps best known for their flamboyant and lavish indulgences, not to mention their raucous weekend country house parties - were regular visitors to Weston Hall, and William’s grandparents, uncles and aunts were very much a part of that heady, social scene during Britain’s pre-war 1920’s and 1930’s. However, what is sometimes forgotten is that they were also capable of immense creativity, both individually and collectively, and were a group who allowed thoughts, ideas and above all fun to take centre stage often leading to inspirational writing, performances and creative works.
A wonderful collection of this extraordinary family’s historical memorabilia - some of which is featured in this film - will be auctioned on 16 & 17 November 2021. The sale is on view at Dreweatts Donnington Priory from 10 - 15 November 2021.
To find out more about the auction, please visit: https://www.dreweatts.com/auctions/weston-hall-and-the-sitwells-a-family-legacy/
View, register and bid online: https://bit.ly/3Epj4zs
Day 1: 16 November 2021 (10:30am GMT)
Day 2: 17 November 2021 (10:30am GMT)
ARCHIVE, IMAGERY & MUSIC CREDITS:
Images and photographs: Courtesy of The Sitwell Family Private Collection and ©The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive
Music: Is Leroy On It? created by Southside Aces | Artlist
https://wn.com/The_Bright_Young_Things,_The_Sitwells_And_Weston_Hall
Here writer, journalist, broadcaster and Masterchef judge William Sitwell describes how his grandparents, Georgia and Sacheverell Sitwell, played host to some of the most famous and influential characters of the 20th Century at their ancestral family home of Weston Hall in Northamptonshire, England.
Offering a retreat away from the formality and constraints of urban living, the infamous Bright Young Things - a group of young ‘bohemian’ aristocrats and socialites now perhaps best known for their flamboyant and lavish indulgences, not to mention their raucous weekend country house parties - were regular visitors to Weston Hall, and William’s grandparents, uncles and aunts were very much a part of that heady, social scene during Britain’s pre-war 1920’s and 1930’s. However, what is sometimes forgotten is that they were also capable of immense creativity, both individually and collectively, and were a group who allowed thoughts, ideas and above all fun to take centre stage often leading to inspirational writing, performances and creative works.
A wonderful collection of this extraordinary family’s historical memorabilia - some of which is featured in this film - will be auctioned on 16 & 17 November 2021. The sale is on view at Dreweatts Donnington Priory from 10 - 15 November 2021.
To find out more about the auction, please visit: https://www.dreweatts.com/auctions/weston-hall-and-the-sitwells-a-family-legacy/
View, register and bid online: https://bit.ly/3Epj4zs
Day 1: 16 November 2021 (10:30am GMT)
Day 2: 17 November 2021 (10:30am GMT)
ARCHIVE, IMAGERY & MUSIC CREDITS:
Images and photographs: Courtesy of The Sitwell Family Private Collection and ©The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive
Music: Is Leroy On It? created by Southside Aces | Artlist
- published: 05 Nov 2021
- views: 8065
2:21
TOP 20 Edith Sitwell Quotes
TOP 20 Edith Sitwell Quotes.
Wallpapers - https://quotefancy.com/edith-sitwell-quotes
“Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all t...
TOP 20 Edith Sitwell Quotes.
Wallpapers - https://quotefancy.com/edith-sitwell-quotes
“Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe, and restores to us forgotten paradises.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:00)
“My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:07)
“There is no truth. Only points of view.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:14)
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:21)
“The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:28)
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:35)
“My temper is not spoilt. I am absolutely non-homicidal. Nor do I ever attack unless I have been attacked first, and then Heaven have mercy upon the attacker, because I don’t! I just sharpen my wits on a wooden head as a cat sharpens its claws on the wood legs of a table.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:42)
“If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?”
— Edith Sitwell (00:49)
“My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:56)
“I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:03)
“Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:10)
“Eccentricity is not, as some would 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 (01:17)
“Virginia Woolf, I enjoyed talking to her, but thought nothing of her writing. I considered her ’a beautiful little knitter.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:24)
“Still falls the rain – dark as the world of man, black as our loss – blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:31)
“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 of catfish.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:38)
“Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:45)
“Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:52)
“Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality. Rhythm might be described as, to the world of sound, what light is to the world of sight. It shapes and gives new meaning. Rhythm was described by Schopenhauer as melody deprived of its pitch.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:59)
“What an artist is for is to tell us what we see but do not know that we see.”
— Edith Sitwell (02:06)
“Picasso was a delightful, kindly, friendly, simple little man. When I met him he was extremely excited and overjoyed that his mother-in-law had just died, and he was looking forward to the funeral.”
— Edith Sitwell (02:13)
Music credit: Easy Day - Kevin MacLeod
https://wn.com/Top_20_Edith_Sitwell_Quotes
TOP 20 Edith Sitwell Quotes.
Wallpapers - https://quotefancy.com/edith-sitwell-quotes
“Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe, and restores to us forgotten paradises.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:00)
“My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:07)
“There is no truth. Only points of view.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:14)
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:21)
“The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:28)
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:35)
“My temper is not spoilt. I am absolutely non-homicidal. Nor do I ever attack unless I have been attacked first, and then Heaven have mercy upon the attacker, because I don’t! I just sharpen my wits on a wooden head as a cat sharpens its claws on the wood legs of a table.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:42)
“If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?”
— Edith Sitwell (00:49)
“My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.”
— Edith Sitwell (00:56)
“I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:03)
“Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:10)
“Eccentricity is not, as some would 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 (01:17)
“Virginia Woolf, I enjoyed talking to her, but thought nothing of her writing. I considered her ’a beautiful little knitter.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:24)
“Still falls the rain – dark as the world of man, black as our loss – blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:31)
“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 of catfish.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:38)
“Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:45)
“Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:52)
“Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality. Rhythm might be described as, to the world of sound, what light is to the world of sight. It shapes and gives new meaning. Rhythm was described by Schopenhauer as melody deprived of its pitch.”
— Edith Sitwell (01:59)
“What an artist is for is to tell us what we see but do not know that we see.”
— Edith Sitwell (02:06)
“Picasso was a delightful, kindly, friendly, simple little man. When I met him he was extremely excited and overjoyed that his mother-in-law had just died, and he was looking forward to the funeral.”
— Edith Sitwell (02:13)
Music credit: Easy Day - Kevin MacLeod
- published: 01 Jan 2018
- views: 314