I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.

I like the pause that tea allows

My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.

I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.

I love driving in the city at night.

I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.

It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.

My inspiration is love and history.

My friends are a huge part of my inspiration.

As moonlight gently fills your room, your dreams begin to sprout, then bloom.

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.

None of my problems come from the people I've killed.

Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

It's important to stay true to yourself. You have to know your weaknesses and recruit support when and where you need it.

Mostly singing was cathartic, writing was cathartic, therapeutic. I don't think I had a goal, particularly, to sing or put it out there for anybody.

I maintain that the maxim is still to be faster than the others.

When I think of a merry, happy, and free young girl - and look at the ailing aching state a young wife is generally doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

My soul to-day Is far away Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.

Excuses are useless. Results are priceless.