I love paperwhites - they smell heavenly and you can often pick them up from a big home improvement store garden center already planted in pretty terra cotta pots.

Think beyond the vase! If you have a vase of flowers on a dining table for a quick dinner party, think about scattering flower petals, leaves, or even fruit along the tabletop.

If you're in an urban city like New York, the corner markets are fantastic sources for tulips and roses.

People overthink flowers. They are afraid to mix and match, so they don't do anything!

I often arrive at quite sensible ideas and judgements, on the spur of the moment. It is when I stop to think that I become foolish.

Nothing thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy.

Don't let success go to your head and failure to your heart." - Will Smith.

Don’t be a witness. Be an activist.

Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time.

What I have been taught, I have forgotten; what I know, I have guessed.

You can't go into the chef's office of any serious kitchen and not see a copy of Larousse. A must-have for professional and home cooks alike.

People give up the earth for beauty.

Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.

We have to articulate ourselves. Otherwise we would be cows in the field.