It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.

Flowers in the city are like lipstick on a woman-it just makes you look better to have a little color.

My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth. I wanted future generations to be able to savor what I had all my life.

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.

I have learned something about the job of being the President's wife. She is not chosen by anyone except her husband and she really has no obligations except to him.

Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We all thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by seeing stirring and satisfying sites.