Luxury is not the opposite of poverty; it is the opposite of vulgarity.

Simplicity is the key to all true elegance.

A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.

To be irreplaceable, one must be different.

The hidden harmony is stronger than the visible.

-- Heraclitus

A man always has two reasons for the things he does -- a good one, and the real one.

-- J. P. Morgan

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

-- Auguste Rodin

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

-- Antoni Gaudí

A pattern is a poem without words.

-- Ogata Kōrin