I have always loved things that are timeless and get better with age.

My day is pretty much busy. I do 15 million things in the course of a day. I'm holding up I think. I don't know how I look, but I think I'm holding up.

There is a way of living that has a certain grace and beauty. It is not a constant race for what is next, rather, an appreciation of that which has come before. There is a depth and quality of experience that is lived and felt, a recognition of what is truly meaningful. These are the feelings I would like my work to inspire. This is the quality of life that I believe in.

I try to find people who love and believe in what I do - and people I can respect because they do what I don't do. I've had to bring in financial people and put them in positions where they could tell me, "Ralph, let's not do that."

What I feel best about is that while I enjoy what I have and don't want to lose it, I also don't need it.

Books open windows to the world and have the power to transform lives.

They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.