Being a perfectionist is not an evil thing. Martha Stewart More Quotes by Martha Stewart More Quotes From Martha Stewart I wish I were closer friends with Snoop Dogg. Martha Stewart wish Buttons are the fossils of the sartorial world, enduring long past the garments they were designed to hold together. Martha Stewart clotheslongpast I'm very inspired by nature - you could say Mother Nature. I look at things around me and get all kinds of inspiration daily. Martha Stewart inspirationmotherlooks Franchesca and Sharkey, my French bulldogs, have their own blog. And they are brilliant at it. Martha Stewart blogsbulldogsbrilliant The cocktail party is probably America's greatest contribution to the world of entertaining. Martha Stewart partyamericaworld You have to watch the clock constantly because youre only allowed out of your home for a limited period, and for a busy person, watching the clock and knowing other people are watching the clock is extremely difficult. Martha Stewart knowinghomepeople I think baking cookies is equal to Queen Victoria running an empire. There's no difference in how seriously you take the job, how seriously you approach your whole life. Martha Stewart queensrunningjobs Our passion is and should always be to make life better. Martha Stewart passionshould Broaden yourself. You don't have to focus when you're 20. I think the broader you are, the better it is. Later you can focus on your real interests and ideas. The ultimate goal is to be an interesting, useful, wholesome person. If you're successful on top of that, then you're way ahead of everybody. Martha Stewart realsuccessfulthinking Fifty-seven percent of Americans are do-it-yourselfers, craftspeople, and artisans and makers. Martha Stewart sevenmakersfifty I love dessert. I can't be guilty about it because I have to taste everything. I experiment. Martha Stewart dessertguiltytaste For me it's a dedication to your real interests. It's an ability to be open-minded. Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. The great artists have been open-minded, even though they may seem, like Picasso, to be very directed, you can be directed and open-minded at the same time. I think you have to be really intensely serious about your work, but not so serious that you can't see the lightness that may also involve your life. You have to have that lightness too. You have to not be so heavy-handed and so ostentatious. It's very important not to be. Martha Stewart dedicationrealthinking My new motto is: When you're through changing, you're through. Martha Stewart strong-womenchangelife Really try to find a job where it's fun to get up and get out the door, no matter what time. Martha Stewart doorsfunjobs I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to. Martha Stewart mindmenbelieve Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. She also taught me that aging need not mean narrowing the scope of your activities and interests or a diminution of the great pleasures to be had in the everyday. Martha Stewart mommotherinspiring Plants respond far better to moderate but consistent care than they do to occasional bouts of heroic intervention. Martha Stewart heroiccareplant The subject matter that I am really spending my time on has become an acceptable subject matter. Living, lifestyle, family, is now in the forefront of interest in America, and I've just stuck with it. I mean, I've been doing this for years, and I never got angry. I never said, you know, listen, I'm fighting for this subject. That wasn't my point. My point was to continue working in a subject matter, knowing full well that finally it would be recognized as a viable subject once again. Martha Stewart live-lifepassionfamily When I was growing up my mom was home. She wanted to go to work, but she waited. She was educated as a teacher. The minute my youngest sister went to school full-time, from first grade, mom went back to work. But she balanced her life. She chose teaching, which enabled her to leave at the same time we left, and come home pretty much the same time we came home. She knew how to balance. Martha Stewart momsuccessteacher In New York, I get a tremendous amount of ideas by looking at the paintings and the sculptures, adapting artistic endeavors to crafts. There is a lot of inspiration around us that we can see every day and turn into projects. Martha Stewart inspirationnew-yorkideas
