Edith Sitwell quote — “I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.”

Quote

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

Edith Sitwell humor music piano

Josefa Heifetz human relations

Jasper Johns work wish see

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Hint 1 meaning

The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.

Hint 2 anagram

AAER

Hint 3 another clue

CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE

6 +1