Edith Sitwell Quotes about Reality

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.

Edith Sitwell

Dream, Reality, Rhythm

Edith Sitwell (2011). “A Poet's Notebook”, p.25, A&C Black

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

Edith Sitwell

God, Reality, Vulgarity Is

"Taken Care Of" by Edith Sitwell, (Ch. 19), 1965.

As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our days holy to us. The poet should speak to all men, for a moment, of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.

Edith Sitwell

Reality, Men, Use

"Young Poets". Edith Sitwell's lecture (1957); later published in "Mightier Than the Sword: The P.E.N. Hermon Ould Memorial Lectures, 1953-1961" (p. 56), 1964.

Tall windows show Infinity; And, hard reality, The candles weep and pry and dance Like lives mocked at by Chance. The rooms are vast as Sleep within; When once I ventured in, Chill Silence, like a surging sea, Slowly enveloped me.

Edith Sitwell

Sleep, Reality, Sea

Edith Sitwell (Dame), Elizabeth Salter, Allanah Harper (1976). “Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology”, Michael Joseph

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

Dream, Reality, Light

Edith Sitwell (2011). “Taken Care Of: An Autobiography”, p.110, A&C Black

As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality.

Edith Sitwell

Art, Reality, Poetry

"Young Poets". Edith Sitwell's lecture (1957); later published in "Mightier Than the Sword: The P.E.N. Hermon Ould Memorial Lectures, 1953-1961" (p. 56), 1964.

Edith Sitwell Quotes about Reality

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