All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left.
San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities
Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
Intelligent and alert, wistful but enthusiastic, frank yet tactful, assured without conceit and tender without sentimentality.
A technical failure that shows some attempt at aesthetic expression is of infinitely more value than uninspired success.
What is elegance? Soap and water!