This is the age of the apartment. Not only in the great cities, but in the smaller centers of civilization the apartment has come to stay. ... A decade ago the apartment was considered a sorry makeshift in America, though it has been successful abroad for more years than you would believe.

Never, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not believe in building a meal on a lake.

It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, or carves a statue - simplicity is the mark of a master-hand.

I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.

I believe in optimism & plenty of white paint.

a woman of the world should always be the mistress of sorrow and not its servant. She may have a grief but never a grievance.

There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.