Cooking is like decorating - it never bores me.

Texture and pattern should function as a surprise.

Never put sofas against wall.

Everything is really about lighting.

Find the ideal in something not ideal.

A la Rothschild, a style I define as many good things used irreverently.

Appearance is everything. I find that a view is secondary. Even in those apartments on the East River, it's dull, looking out at those little boats.

I don't like bare floors.

Having people be impressed with a house is not a compliment. You don't want them to say, 'What a place!' You want them to sit down and enjoy it.

I'll accept commissions from anyone who isn't frightened by my proposals.

Self-education is the only possible education the rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child's nature.

Fate had kept me alive just to get to this point, just to see if I had been listening.

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.

We didn't have much money. My whole extended family used to help us, and buy us books and food. It was hard, and there were things I didn't want to talk about. But at the end I was a happy girl.

If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.

To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul.

Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life.

It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.

If you *think* you think outside the box, you're trapped in one.

A woman warm and willing is what I'm looking for, cause the whiskey ain't working anymore.