DIANE VON FURSTENBERG : A SIGNATURE LIFE : BOOK EXCERPT
pages 187 and 188
"I designed the apartment (in Paris) as Bohemian Luxuria, because I had long since discovered that writers may act bohemian, but they love luxury. (CT - italics is mine.)
Our apartment was a center for other writers because of Alain's association with Mondadori and many other writers we had a friends. Many of those friends would stay with us in what I called the Literary Room...
The (apartment) concept was one of an ongoing, moving stage, which fit very much with how I saw my life then.
"Writers loved to stay in the apartment and continue to do so. The apartment is very quiet, and Paris is inspiring... Whether it is the air, the wine, or the ambiance, somehow it is easier for writers to write in Paris...
They were all part of the literary mix in Paris and the rich cultural life that I craved after my reclusive years at Cloudwalk. I was hungry for the exchange of ideas, a side of me that I had neglected, and I was pleased beyond measure to be back into it..."
pages 187 and 188
"I designed the apartment (in Paris) as Bohemian Luxuria, because I had long since discovered that writers may act bohemian, but they love luxury. (CT - italics is mine.)
Our apartment was a center for other writers because of Alain's association with Mondadori and many other writers we had a friends. Many of those friends would stay with us in what I called the Literary Room...
The (apartment) concept was one of an ongoing, moving stage, which fit very much with how I saw my life then.
"Writers loved to stay in the apartment and continue to do so. The apartment is very quiet, and Paris is inspiring... Whether it is the air, the wine, or the ambiance, somehow it is easier for writers to write in Paris...
They were all part of the literary mix in Paris and the rich cultural life that I craved after my reclusive years at Cloudwalk. I was hungry for the exchange of ideas, a side of me that I had neglected, and I was pleased beyond measure to be back into it..."
