People get trapped in the way things should feel and less focused on the way things should function.

People buy very badly made furniture and fabric. Instead, buy a beautiful dining table, well-made upholstery. It's almost like dressing for success.

People with big personalities are best in the center of the table. They can help carry the conversation from that place.

Look at your world and your life, and look at what is personal to you. If you're living in an apartment, you need to stick with a narrative that's personal to you.

Make sure furniture decor has similar scale. It's all about scale, proportion, measuring, being conscious of the overall plan.

To have a 9-foot sofa in a small room can be kind of treacherous.

Think of how much furniture you need. What's the best way to have it be functional in a great way? If it's in groups, define it.

Be judicious with your budget and buy things that are going to last.

Avoid spending too much on one thing.

People buy things in isolation and don't think of how they work together.

To be influenced by a magazine and, say, a Swedish theme, unless it resonates with you, it seems kind of odd and influenced.

Open the window of your mind. Allow the fresh air, new lights and new truths to enter.

A truly happy person is he who is happy without any reason.

The world is a more tragic and dangerous place when American isn't leading and, under this president, we have not been leading.

I imagine 'Daily Grace' as, like, your awkward older sister who tries to give you advice.

A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.

No one gets to tell you what your life means!

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

MySpace is an addiction.

Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself.

Let me enjoy the earth no less because the all-enacting light that fashioned forth its loveliness had other aims than my delight.