Lee Radziwill

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

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

“I don't know what happened, but I lost the desire to acquire more things. It's very peaceful to have lost that desire.”

“Taste is an emotion.”

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

“I never saw a play with my mother until I was 14, and then it was 'Hansel and Gretel.'”

“I've always wanted to be an actress. At school and in college, I did some things. But then I married, and then I had children, and then there were the political years.”

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

“When I look back on my life, it seems nearly everything of interest happened in little more than one decade - dramas, tragedies, major events, pleasures, my close friendships with artists and political figures, the lovely places where I lived in England and New York, the trips to Europe, visits at the White House.”

“When I was seven and we lived in New York, I ran away. I took my dog and started out across the Brooklyn Bridge... I didn't get very far... It's rather difficult to run away in your mother's high heels.”

“I find it hard to read people's minds, my own children's minds even harder. But it all worked out, and I was blessed with two wonderful children.”

“Decorating has always been my hobby.”

“I hate touch football.”

“I'm obviously all for women's lib.”

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

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

“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'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.”

“I feel like I'm in my own world: in the world but not a part of it.”

“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.”