Top 48 Quotes by Alexandra Stoddard

When I'm the happiest, my desk is not neat. It has lots of pens and the books I love. It gets messy when I'm in the flow. So many houses are so neat.

Your past is something you cannot change. You can't live it; it's dead.

I don't want to go anywhere; I don't want to leave anybody behind. Happiness is right here, right now, in this world, in this room. I am happiest wherever it is that I am.

I think of myself as the little girl Renoir painted with the watering can. I loved the garden colors.

If we have authentic, honest, earthy materials in our houses, we'll be more authentic, honest and natural.

Make your physical surroundings as beautiful as possible.

We can finish a house, but never a home. Once you fall in love with a house, you find continual pleasures in fixing it up and making innovations that satisfy your creature's comforts.

You can't be a resource for others unless you nourish yourself.

I get all dressed up in fuchsia, looking like a clown, and show pretty pictures to people.

My message is that happiness is the first principle of life. But you must choose it. We all have pain, but suffering is a choice. You can be happier if you make some changes in your life.