Plants respond far better to moderate but consistent care than they do to occasional bouts of heroic intervention.
Martha StewartI think I may be a better person for having given serious time and thought and effort to gardening.
Martha StewartWeโre not so free that we donโt have to listen to rules, and laws, and regulations. Those are important. But the spirit, the freedom of the spirit, thatโs what I think of American Dream, that we are free here to do what we want to do, what we set out to do.
Martha StewartAs you would expect, the loss of freedom and the lack of privacy are extremely difficult... I want you to know that I am well. I am safe, fit and healthy.
Martha StewartI live in the same house Iโve lived in for 25 years. I havenโt gone off and bought mansions, you know, even though my subject is livingโฆ living in a mansion wouldnโt do for my readers. I have to keep my credibility alive with my readers, so weโre in the same place. I just make that place nicer and nicer. Andโฆ and thatโs a secret. And people donโt know that. People think, oh, she lives in this fabulous place, itโs the same old place. It started out like a farm, it got to be a farmette, then it got to be an estatelet. I built a wall, it helped a lot. But itโs the same place, the same grounded nature.
Martha StewartFor me it's a dedication to your real interests. It's an ability to be open-minded. Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. The great artists have been open-minded, even though they may seem, like Picasso, to be very directed, you can be directed and open-minded at the same time. I think you have to be really intensely serious about your work, but not so serious that you can't see the lightness that may also involve your life. You have to have that lightness too. You have to not be so heavy-handed and so ostentatious. It's very important not to be.
Martha Stewart