In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes home ideal spend
I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five. Vanessa Mae beginmovepiano Change image and share on social
But I don't think I've grown up to be a damaged adult. Vanessa Mae adultdamagegrow Change image and share on social
When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring. Vanessa Mae 20salbumchill Change image and share on social
I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy. Chris Cleave antithesisbeautifulcelebrate share on social
After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand! Maria Semple bigchargedecade share on social
Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful. Roman Coppola ancestralbeautifulbernalda Change image and share on social
