“Be mindful of the very moment you are living. Start exactly this secon...” — Alexandra Stoddard Quote

“Be mindful of the very moment you are living. Start exactly this second. You don't wait until the children get out of the house or when the sun comes out. Create something better.”

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

“Don't feel you have to buy something to sit in or at. Buy something you are emotionally attached to and build your design around that. One Matisse cutout poster could provide you with your whole color scheme!”

“When I don't have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. I'll do something else.”

“I think structure is so deep in us. We put it in stories we tell our friends or in emails we write. We want it. It's how we create meaning.”

“Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.”