Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I always begin a room with the rug; it is literally the foundation of the space. I then go on to the furniture.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I believe that without memories there is no life, and that our memories should be of happy times.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

There's a McDonald's in the Louvre.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. It brings tears to your eyes.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I think there's nothing that makes you happier than to be really involved in something. I can't imagine a totally idle life.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

As a child, the person I admired most in the world was Lana Turner! She seemed the epitome of glamour, and her glitzy surroundings so enviable, the opposite of my mother's extremely banal taste.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I've always been interested in art, architecture, color.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

Divorce is a 50-50 thing, and it can be a number of petty things that finally drive you out of your mind.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

Decorating has always been my hobby.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

If I see an orchid that's fantastically expensive, I'll buy it. It's worth it, for no other reason than it gives me pleasure.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I think grieving is the same for everybody that lost someone you love deeply. It's the same. You know, you're really no different than anybody else who's lost somebody they adored.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I'm obviously all for women's lib.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I've often thought - even though it's hard to give him even more credit than he has had - that Andy Warhol must have started a lot of 15 minutes of fame.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I eat like a horse; sometimes I think I must have cancer.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

When I buy something, I do so with the intention of keeping it forever.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

If I really can be said to have a personal style, I think it is reflected in my taste for the exotic and the unexpected. I like to create rooms which are essentially traditional - and then add touches of the bizarre and the delicious.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

Despite loving England and loving English gardens, I'm not a chintz person, never was. It's too cute.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I don't like dining rooms. I think they have too much structure and are too formal.

Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill

I have a great curiosity to see new things, but not to own them. It's very peaceful this way, and one of the nice things about getting older.