My Favorite Things Quotes

“Isn't that the only way to curate a life? To live among things that make you gasp with delight?”
― Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things: An Illustrated Meditation on Material Culture Through Original Paintings of Beloved Objects

“The ability to take a walk from one point to the next point, that is half the battle won.”
― Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things: An Illustrated Meditation on Material Culture Through Original Paintings of Beloved Objects

“The pieces I chose were based on one thing only — a gasp of delight. Isn’t that the only way to curate a life?”
― Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things: An Illustrated Meditation on Material Culture Through Original Paintings of Beloved Objects

“Useless and precious objects. Taking up space. Taking up time.”
― Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things: An Illustrated Meditation on Material Culture Through Original Paintings of Beloved Objects

“There is no reason to save tickets and stubs. They are tiny and inconsequential. But I do save them and remember that number twenty-three was from the coat check at the restaurant where I ate the lemon tart. The number is so elegant and honest. And the lemon tart was so good.”
― Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things: An Illustrated Meditation on Material Culture Through Original Paintings of Beloved Objects