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this man, absolutely nothing! Furniture-makers, music,
poetry, discourse. I mean, even the conversations in the
salons of Louis XIV were so refined, that people would
rehearse and polish what they would say months before
they had the opportunity to dazzle with their profundities!
I think he was an enormous influence.
And then there are people from the contemporary
world, like the late Henry McIlhenny, an American, a
Philadelphian, who was a good deal older than me,
but who was extremely influential in my life, with a
beautiful castle in Ireland
[Glenveagh Castle], a
magnificent home on
Rittenhouse square,
a great collection of
French impressionist
paintings, which he
left to the museum in
Philadelphia. He was the
last of the Edwardians,
a gentleman who never worked a day in his life, was
extremely educated and cultured, and always generous
in sharing his knowledge and riches.
What do you think about when you're alone?
What do you think about when you're alone? Very much
work related—that's been my whole life. I've worked for
forty years in this field. Both my brothers and my sister
went to college. I chose to circumnavigate the globe. I
had the most incredible time and I consider those two
