I think that I probably inevitably fetishize nature, although I try not to, because it's kind of embarrassing, repulsive behavior. I think it's just an extension of me being old-fashioned.
I've lived too long and I've lived too well.
Even if it's not a style of architecture or period you like, a decorator has to have a feel for a house's personality and try not to fight against it. I like to get the juice out of a house and not spoil it.
If every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.
In restoring a house one must first realize its period, feel its personality and try to bring out its good points.
Crossing too many t's and dotting too many i's makes a room look overdone and tiresome. One should create something that fires the imagination without overemphasis.
I never think that sticking slavishly to one period is successful, a touch of nostalgia adds charm. One needs light and shade because if every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.
What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.
Happiness only real when shared.
My friends, do we realize for what purpose we are convened? Do we fully understand that we aim at nothing less than an entire subversion of the present order of society, a dissolution of the whole existing social compact?
The principle of allegiance to the Constitution is basic to our freedom. . . . when you see government invading any of these realms of freedom which we have under our Constitution, you will know that they are putting shackles on your liberty, and that tyranny is creeping upon you,. . . no matter what the reason and excuse therefore may be.