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

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.

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

Casual elegance is all about the mix.

The world he had left was not ready for his return, or rather, he was not ready to return to the world he had left.

A Pause tends the existence of any definition to its end.

One hears a great many things, true, but can gather nothing definite.

The full Moon's light poured into the room like a stroke from a wide paintbrush...

I guess I forgot we were going out tonight.""We always go out on Fridays.""It's Thursday, Alvis.""You are so tied to routine.

I know that the politics around trade can be very difficult - especially in an election year.

Since the Earth is finite, and we will have to stop expanding sometime, should we do it before or after nature's diversity is gone?

I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look.

The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.