I always begin a room with the rug; it is literally the foundation of the space. I then go on to the furniture.
Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. It brings tears to your eyes.
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.
I've always been interested in art, architecture, color.
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.
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.
When I buy something, I do so with the intention of keeping it forever.
The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.
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.
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.