It is too much to hope that I shall keep up my success. I don't ask for that. All I shall do is my best- and hope.

Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

I have always had a reputation for being frugal - less kind people might call me cheap. But my interest in building up a nest egg goes back to those days in Arnhem when I learned that money can grow, just like trees.

When I wear a silk scarf I never feel so definitely like a woman, a beautiful woman

I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.