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

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.

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.

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

Casual elegance is all about the mix.

So you can speak, can you? Well, that’s going to stand you out from the rest of the crowd, isn’t it? No. Sorry, my boy. The ability to speak does not a salesman make

Success is absolutely intoxicating. I've seen people behave in ways that seem very far from how they would behave normally.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

Obstacles are Opportunities in disguise.

I admire Lincoln enormously and I think what's interesting about Lincoln is how he changes, it's not that he held the same view throughout his life.

Unless men are active allies, we'll never end violence against women and girls.

The soldiers currently manning our sophisticated weaponry have room temperature IQ's.

Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree, What the glory of thy boughs shall be?

What is important-what lasts-in another language is not what is said but what is written. For the essence of an age, we look to its poetry and its prose, not its talk shows.

The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.