Life is messy and gloriously imperfect, and some signs of wear and tear indicate a well-loved, well-used home.

The point of decorating, as far as I can tell, is to create the background for the best life you can have.

Style is luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.

Our home tells a story about us, so we may as well take the opportunity to make it a stylish one.

Gardening is ultimately a folly whose goal is to provide delight.

The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.

Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.

I have heard earnest American sociologists say that American children have a right to the divorce experience as an enriching element of an advanced civilisation.

Very serious mistakes were made by previous governments, and Greece was ready to be abandoned by its partners and to leave the eurozone, which would have created total catastrophe.

With blinded eyes I stared at the sky, this grey, endless sky of a crazy god, who had made life and death for his amusement.

I like to hit it downhill, thats the way I was taught to run.

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there.

How immense the high sky is!

When I conjure these memories, they are of the present to me, because after all, the artist is a kind of enchanter in time.