If every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.

In restoring a house one must first realize its period, feel its personality and try to bring out its good points.

A gentle mixture of furniture expresses life and continuity but it must be a judicious mixture that flows and mixes well. It is a bit like mixing a salade. (I am better at room than salads).

I never think that sticking slavishly to one period is successful, a touch of nostalgia adds charm. One needs light and shade because if every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.

Crossing too many t's and dotting too many i's makes a room look overdone and tiresome. One should create something that fires the imagination without overemphasis.

How lucky I've been to live in such beautiful places and able to make them as I dreamed. I've been lucky. I've adored my houses more than my friends (or husbands).

I like to preserve simplicity rahter than over-polishing. Fashions are changeable. Taste is in realizing the essence of a place.

Scale is of prime importance and I think that oversized scale is better than undersized scale.

In choosing a colour one must realize that it changes in different aspects.

I've lived too long and I've lived too well.

Perhaps that was a thing about attractive women: A rejection demanded their respect, made them trust you more.

Music not only saved my life, it gave me a life

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

You don’t read or overhear the voice in the poem, you are the voice in the poem.

I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.

To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.

I know Daniel Murphy is a really good hitter. He's definitely pulling the ball right now for power, although he did go left-central the other night against the Dodgers, I believe.

I am here, come closer," the old donkey said with her eyes. "I will mother you.

Good fighting with you, Seaweed Brain." Ditto.

When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner.