We're not handling things anymore before they arrive on our doorstep. I like to feel how thin porcelain can be, run my hand over a textile, see if I want to sit in a chair.

Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one roof.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

It's important how we feel in our homes, because feeling good makes us more gracious. And that makes it easier to welcome others not only into our homes but into our lives.

Your home should tell the story of who you are.

I always want objects in my home that have a connection to me or something I've loved. It's still stuff, but it's stuff that has meaning.

In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.

If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.

Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.

The best friend you will ever find is you. Love yourself with joy and fill your heart with bliss and happiness.

The esoteric finds the Absolute within the traditions, as poets find poetry within the poems.

You never monkey with the truth.

We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.

When I was a teenager, if you'd asked me, I would have said I was in a relationship with New York City. It was my first real love.

Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse, the most iconoclastic, the most maverick, and the most skillful.

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.

I feel like half the battle is not giving up and staying positive. If you don't have anyone in your corner or anyone in your ear, being positive helps you believe that you can get through it.

Credibility is someone else's idea of what I should be doing.

I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas.