Martha Stewart
American Made is not just an event. It's a movement to spotlight and support the next generation of creative entrepreneurs who are turning their passion for making into thriving small businesses.
I was a very good cook, and I knew I could build a business.
I was the second of six kids. I wouldn't say we were poor; we had no money. That's different.
I am not a rock star or a movie star; I'm a businessperson. I definitely know who my friends are. I'm much more open and trusting than, say, my daughter is.
Bloggers create kind of a popularity. But they are not the experts, and we have to understand that.
I support Alice Waters in her desire that there be a vegetable garden at the White House. I don't think they should rip up the Rose Garden, because that's something that I love. They should probably dig up another patch and grow some vegetables there.
Franchesca and Sharkey, my French bulldogs, have their own blog. And they are brilliant at it.
I can keep learning about all the different technologies. It's my most telling characteristic. I'm interested in trying anything new.
I don't have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.
I don't think there's any company that has the same tools as Martha Stewart Living does, and people know that. They really love the tools and, if you have the tools, you can pretty much do the craft.
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.
A lot of TV people buy more than one of an item, in case they spot or stain it, but I don't like buying duplicates - it's wasteful.
I record my radio show, and my staff makes me a nice lunch in the kitchen, usually fish - whatever's freshest and line-caught - and a salad. I drink water and herbal tea, a blend of catnip, elderberry, and horehound.
I have cotton or flannel sheets, depending on the weather. They have to be ironed, and I get my bed changed nearly every day.
The homes I like the best are totally occupied, busy, and useful, whether it's a tiny little house or a great big one. Rarely do you find a great big house that's used in a good way. So I prefer smaller spaces that are full of books, full of things that people are doing.
All I really want is a three-room house. The home I have designed at my new farm in Bedford, New York, is a three-room house: bedroom on top, living room in the middle, and kitchen on the ground.
I have proven that being a perfectionist can be profitable and admirable when creating content across the board: in television, books, newspapers, radio, videos.
The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it.
I began raising chickens primarily for their eggs, but over the years, I've also grown fond of caring for them and learning about their many different breeds and varieties.
I think you can fairly say I spawned or laid an egg that has turned into a lifestyle industry.
I grew up in a very modest home. We grew a lot of our food in our backyard. We fished; my brothers hunted.
I don't think in a male or female way. I don't differentiate between male and female. I never have. I'm not considered a feminist.
Every entrepreneur talks about the passion you have for your work, and I think that's what's missing with a lot of women in business.
I'm kind of a complainer, but not about getting old. I complain about, you know, something that can be fixed.
I think that the lady who is waiting on me at the local diner, who has kids in school and the mouths to feed, I think she probably has as nice a life as I have. And she only wants to improve her life, her lifestyle.
When you write a book, you're an expert, and people look at you in a different way.
I use the same products on my body as I use on my face. I don't think there's really any difference between the two, so the more moisturizers and serums you use, the better off you are.
For styling, I don't like a lot of mousse. I do use Sally Hershberger's Texture Blast, which is like a hair spray, but just at the roots. I have really good hair, and I don't like to plaster it.
My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships.
I sat down once with the application for Match.com and started to laugh. I couldn't even get past the first page. And that's a very good site!
When I was a model - and I was all during high school and college - you always wanted to be on the cover of a magazine. That's how your success was judged. The more cover, the better.
Each generation is smarter than the generation before, and they need total diversion and encouragement and things to think about.
I am often asked the question: 'What is your favorite type of food?' Although I always answer Japanese, the real response should be and is pierogi, the delectable Polish dumplings that my mother, Big Martha, made so well in many incarnations: potato, sweet cabbage, blueberry, peach, plum, and apricot.
There is no single recipe for success. But there is one essential ingredient: PassionCollection: Passion
Seek out people to work with who are brimming with talent, energy, integrity, optimism, and generosity.Collection: Business
Life is too complicated not to be orderly.Collection: Motivational
If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every dayCollection: Business
Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.Collection: Sleep
Our passion is and should always be to make life better.Collection: Passion
Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically.Collection: Passion
Of course I know how to roll a joint.Collection: Weed
Getting over those unexpected hurdles may not be exactly enjoyable, but ultimately I believe that such challenges and the solutions we find give us more confidence.They teach us with common sense and determination we can turn what looks like a disaster into a triumph.Collection: Determination
Our families and our homes are the center of American life, Everything we do is to make those homes-and the lives in them-more beautiful, more comfortable, more functional and more full of life and light and joy for those we love.Collection: Beautiful
Being a perfectionist is not an evil thing.Collection: Evil
I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.Collection: Zero
You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.Collection: Accepting
My dream... was to be an eclectic knowledge-gathering person.Collection: Dream
Study your strengths; then decide how hard you want to workCollection: Want
I try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.Collection: Ideas