And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.

Word of mouth is the best medium of all.

My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

Architecture is inhabited sculpture.

I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.