We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.

People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it

Encouraged, we recognise the importance of living artistically, aesthetically and creatively as creative creatures of the creator.

The most precious thing a human being has to give is time. There is so very little of it, after all, in a life.

The thing about real life is that important events don't announce themselves... Usually something that is going to change your whole life is a memory before you can stop and be impressed about it.

It makes sense that there is no sense without God.

In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing.

If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history, world events, vocabulary, and everything else.

It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person's eyes alone!

When people insist on perfection or nothing, they get nothing.

Hypocrisy has its own elegant symmetry.

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.

It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well.

At the end of your days, be leaning forwards, not falling backwards.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

I listen to music when I'm feeling down or just a certain way. I don't know what I'd do without it!

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine.

Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.

Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.