From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important.

I am going to die, but that is of no importance.

Gucci for me is finished, over and gone, ... That was another chapter in my life, it's over. I am on to something else.

He was becoming unstuck, he was sure of that - his bones were no longer wrapped in flesh but in clouds of dust, in hummingbirds, dragonflies, and luminous moths - but so perfect was his equilibrium that he felt no fear. He was vast, he was many, he was dynamic, he was eternal.

The U.S. used to be seen as the land where you could find freedom, and create a new life for yourself, whatever your background.

It's really (about) putting that sort of quality and beauty back into our life.