I believe your home tells a story about who you are and who you aspire to be. We represent ourselves through the things we own. I don't believe in trends. I believe in collecting things that you connect with. We should surround ourselves with things we care about, that have meaning.
Interpretation
Your home reflects your identity and aspirations through the things you choose to keep.
In this quote, Nate Berkus emphasizes the importance of personal connection to the items we display in our homes. Rather than conforming to fleeting trends, he advocates for a curated collection of meaningful possessions that represent our individuality and values, suggesting that our living spaces should be a true reflection of who we are and what we cherish.
In practice
During a home decor workshop to inspire personal expression.
About 80 percent of the stuff I live with is old. I like letting things take on the character they’re meant to have by really being used. … when you own things that have the imperfections they deserve, that they’ve earned from a well-lived life, it frees you from feeling as though they’re untouchable.
I see it every day: People trying to create a home that somebody else tells them they should have. I don't care if it's a magazine or a bossy friend - when somebody says, 'This is what's elegant, this is what's trendy,' if it doesn't represent you, you're not going to be happy.
Photographier: c'est mettre sur la meme ligne de mire la tete, l'oeil et le coeur.
My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
In my limited experience, shows are like children. You can teach them manners and dress them in little sailor suits, but in the end, they're going to be who they're going to be.
When composing a verse let there not be a hair's breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.
My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book about them. Then, they become so real to me I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.
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