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.
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 believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.
Light, air and comfort - these three things I must always have in a room.
the smallest part is worthy of the whole.
We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses.