Cecil Beaton Quotes

I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back of the dress circle who says she doesn't like blue.

Cecil Beaton

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• I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back of the dress circle who says she doesn't like blue.

  

  Cecil Beaton
  • Criticism
  • Worst
  • Ear