While the people of Madrid seem to have resigned to selling almost anything - the one thing they have never given up on so far - is time. It is the one commodity that is never sold and always shared.
Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It's your masterpiece after all.
There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little.
Prose is architecture and the Baroque age is over.
There's a fine line between minimalism and not trying very hard.