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

Light, air and comfort - these three things I must always have in a room.

I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in.

You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not.

[At first sight of the Acropolis:] It's beige! My color!

When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old.

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.