There are two things that make a room timeless: a sense of history and a piece of the future.

Just as a picture is created by adding a dab of paint at a time, the best arrangements are created a step at a time, with pauses so you can step back and see the overall effect.

Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes and nothing is off-key.

An empty room is a story waiting to happen, and you are the author.

Take the time and do some small thing that will be noticed and remembered. Choose your objects carefully, and buy only what you love.

Decorating is like math, a game of adding and subtracting.

... our objects, bibelots, whatnots, and knickknacks-say the most about who we are. They are as honest as a diary.

What we remember most about rooms we like is the 'atmosphere.'

All the necessary elements of a room should not arrive on installation day. Room should always be left for the things we will acquire...the objects we cannot live without.

Decorating is a footnote to real life for me, a means to an end: Living well.

Casual elegance is all about the mix.

Thou mayest choose an helpmeet, " said the King to me.An helpmeet? What the great googly-moogly was that?

It's not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.

I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.

It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying it's separating himself from all the others.

Essentially, by 2050 we need all activities outside agriculture to be near zero carbon emitting if we are to stop carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere growing

Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks.

[On her father's death:] Gone was the person who had known me better than anyone else on earth and who had loved and admired me unconditionally since the day I was born.

When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.

Your attitude is like the minds paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors-creating a masterspiece.

Practice being the kind of person you wish to attract.