“By 'happiness' I do not mean worldly success or outside approval, though it would be priggish to deny that both these things are most agreeable. I mean the inner consciousness, the inner conviction that one is doing well the thing that one is best fitted to do by nature.” WellsMeanWould BeHappinessConsciousnessConvictionDenyApprovalWorldly Book:Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology Source: Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology
“If certain critics and poetasters had their way, 'Ordinary Piety' and its child, Dullness, would be the masters of poetry.” IfsWayChildrenWould BePoetryCertainMastersOrdinaryCriticsPietyDullness Author:Edith Sitwell
“it is as unseeing to ask what is the use of poetry as it would be to ask what is the use of religion.” UseWould BePoetryAsks Author:Edith Sitwell
“A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.” PeopleWritingWould BeReadingGreat MenSarcasticEmployedRabbitsReading And Writing Author:Edith Sitwell
