Quotes from Lee Radziwill

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

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.

My ideal evening is to have dinner with one person or a few persons, and then be in bed by 11.

Divorce is a 50-50 thing, and it can be a number of petty things that finally drive you out of your mind.

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.

As a child, the person I admired most in the world was Lana Turner! She seemed the epitome of glamour, and her glitzy surroundings so enviable, the opposite of my mother's extremely banal taste.

My father, naturally, spoiled me when I was allowed to see him - flying to New York from Washington, alone, in those terrifying planes. He'd take me to Danny Kaye movies and rent a dog for me to walk in the park on Sunday - a different dog every Sunday - and then to have butterscotch sundaes with almonds at Schrafft's.

Onassis told me. He begged me to come to the wedding.

There were so many things I couldn't do when my brother-in-law was president.

Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. It brings tears to your eyes.

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.

It is difficult for someone raised in my world to learn to express emotion. We are taught early to hide our feelings publicly.

I like people like Andre Malraux, Edmund Wilson, Willa Cather, Robert Graves, Erik Erikson, and Francis Steegmuller.

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

I believe that without memories there is no life, and that our memories should be of happy times.

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

Paris is life-enhancing for all those reasons we know and all those words that have become so banal.

I think there's nothing that makes you happier than to be really involved in something.

No, I never did hats. I didn't - never felt they were so becoming to me.

Regrets? I think everyone has regrets, and people who say they haven't are either liars... or narcissists.

Decorating has always been my hobby.

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

If I see an orchid that's fantastically expensive, I'll buy it. It's worth it, for no other reason than it gives me pleasure.

I don't know where this myth that I go to a lot of parties stems from. It's a total myth. I may go out to something special once a year.