More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure.

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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and...

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and...

Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who made her, rather than me.

Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who made her, rather than me.

Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means......

Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means......

San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities.

San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities.

Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to...

Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to...

On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the...

On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the...

What is elegance? Soap and water!

What is elegance? Soap and water!

I can't afford a whole new set of enemies.

I can't afford a whole new set of enemies.

I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set...

I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set...

Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and...

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and...

All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left.

All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left.