“I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.”
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) British poet
As quoted in An Uncommon Scold (1989) by Abby Adams, p. 226
“I am tired of 'the fine art of unhappiness.”
Conversation in Moscow, The Wealth of the Destitute
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Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
Goupil and Co. <br class="br">Quote in his letter to brother Theo from The Hague, The Netherlands (13 December 1872); as quoted in Vincent van Gogh, edited by Alfred H. Barr; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935 https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_1996_300061887.pdf, p. 17 (letter 2) <br class="br">Vincent's profession then was picture dealer at Goupil and Co., with branches a. o. in The Hague, London and Paris <br class="br">1870s
“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) American civil rights activist (October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977)
Widely quoted, including Freedomways, p. 240 (Second quarter, 1965). This quote was later employed as her epitaph, and used by American singer and songwriter Anastacia at her song Sick and Tired.
Kay Redfield Jamison (1946) American bipolar disorder researcher
Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
“First of all:
I am tired.
I am true of heart!
And also:
You are tired.
You are true of heart!”
Dave Eggers (1970) memoirist, novelist, short story writer, editor, publisher
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius (2000)
Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967) American painter
Source: 1956 - 1967, Art-as-Art Dogma' part II, (1964), p. 155
