"The artist, like the idiot or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it."

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Source : Osbert Sitwell (1977). “Left Hand, Right Hand!: An Autobiography”

Osbert Sitwell

#Artist Quotes #World Quotes #May Quotes

“What the poor need is not charity, but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers.”
“To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all.”
“If you desire many things, many things will seem few.”
“Enclosing every thin man, there's a fat man demanding elbow-room.”
“I really embrace things that I think people who like music can relate to, they grew up with the same stuff and know the same references so when they hear it being used as a metaphor to something else they'll be like that's unique, or funny or something that's relatable to me.”
“The question why did you retire is a much nicer one than why don't you retire”
“One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.”
“I'm always perpetually out of my comfort zone.”

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