Edith Sitwell was born Sep. 7, 1887 (d. 1964.) She was a full-time bohemian, muse, poet and critic…
“I am not an eccentric. It’s just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.” — E.S.
1962 portrait of Edith Sitwell by Cecil Beaton, National Portrait Gallery, London
