If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political.

Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers - the rich.

It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which some find titillating.

It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things.

The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic.

I wouldn't mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy.

You are what you pretend to be.

My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.

Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.

That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.

In life, most short cuts end up taking longer than taking the longer route.

Words are sigils that can hide the coded language of your Soul. ☥

People didn’t love all of this when they still had it. If you love something, you do what’s best for it. You don’t destroy it.

You cannot carry your past without dropping your future.

I just thank God for all of the blessings.

[To reporter who telephoned with news of her Oscar:] If you are joking me, I will get up immediately and kill you wherever you are.

The more you create authentic power, the more the characteristics of authentic power become yours, and the more meaning, purpose and joy enter your life.

The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.

I get told all the time that I'm a fashion icon now, but I don't really know what that means. I just get dressed.

I don't have any interest in changing a system, because the system will simply get bucked back by people who haven't changed.