Top 100 Martha Stewart Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “I always disagreed with the separation of the name and the brand and the person To build on that name and brand is one thing. To divorce the name and the brand from the person was not an approach that I agreed with.”

— Martha Stewart

52. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

53. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

54. “Franchesca and Sharkey, my French bulldogs, have their own blog. And they are brilliant at it.”

— Martha Stewart

55. “I was married for 30 years. Isn’t that enough? I’ve had my share of dirty underwear on the floor.”

— Martha Stewart

56. “I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.”

— Martha Stewart

57. “Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.”

— Martha Stewart

58. “I have a microphone on one ankle and an ankle bracelet on the other, so I’m well balanced today.”

— Martha Stewart

59. “It’s all about new techniques – simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse.”

— Martha Stewart

60. “Basement smells bad. Look for cat poops, change litter.”

— Martha Stewart

61. “I was the second of six kids. I wouldn’t say we were poor; we had no money. That’s different.”

— Martha Stewart

62. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

63. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

64. “I’m never sick. Why get sick? It’s a waste of time.”

— Martha Stewart

65. “Don’t give up. Defend your ideas, but be flexible. Success seldom comes in exactly the form you imagine.”

— Martha Stewart

66. “Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it’s artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients. I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.”

— Martha Stewart

67. “I get up really early, and I go to bed really late. Sometimes I get tired, but it’s not important. I have an exciting existence, and there’s so much to do.”

— Martha Stewart

68. “I’m a maniacal perfectionist.”

— Martha Stewart

69. “I think I may be a better person for having given serious time and thought and effort to gardening.”

— Martha Stewart

70. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

71. “I’m not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.”

— Martha Stewart

72. “When I was incarcerated at Alderson in West Virginia for a five-month term, they had a ceramics class.”

— Martha Stewart

73. “I’m always on the lookout for those good, simple solutions to everyday problems.”

— Martha Stewart

74. “I love Champagne and I love to drink it out of any kind of beautiful glass.”

— Martha Stewart

75. “I was a very good cook, and I knew I could build a business.”

— Martha Stewart

76. “As you would expect, the loss of freedom and the lack of privacy are extremely difficult. But I am safe, fit and healthy.”

— Martha Stewart

77. “Loving yourself is good for your health.”

— Martha Stewart

78. “Bloggers create kind of a popularity. But they are not the experts, and we have to understand that.”

— Martha Stewart

79. “Fifty-seven percent of Americans are do-it-yourselfers, craftspeople, and artisans and makers.”

— Martha Stewart

80. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

81. “I had no idea when I went to college what I’d be doing. I took organic chemistry and did terribly, but I was good in English and art. I took many courses and participated in as many activities as I could. I learned a lot about every single thing.”

— Martha Stewart

82. “As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know that I am now their mother.”

— Martha Stewart

83. “Doing projects really gives people self-confidence. Nothing is better than taking the pie out of the oven. What it does for you personally, and for your family’s idea of you, is something you can’t buy.”

— Martha Stewart

84. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

85. “We’re not so free that we don’t have to listen to rules, and laws, and regulations. Those are important. But the spirit, the freedom of the spirit, that’s what I think of American Dream, that we are free here to do what we want to do, what we set out to do.”

— Martha Stewart

86. “Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. She also taught me that aging need not mean narrowing the scope of your activities and interests or a diminution of the great pleasures to be had in the everyday.”

— Martha Stewart

87. “I love dessert. I can’t be guilty about it because I have to taste everything. I experiment.”

— Martha Stewart

88. “I never pay attention to age or gender. There are just too many other more important things to consider.”

— Martha Stewart

89. “You can be the most beautiful person on Earth, and if you don’t have a fitness or diet routine, you won’t be beautiful.”

— Martha Stewart

90. “I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.”

— Martha Stewart

91. “I have cotton or flannel sheets, depending on the weather. They have to be ironed, and I get my bed changed nearly every day.”

— Martha Stewart

92. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

93. “I adore summer entertaining. For a dinner party at the farm, I might prepare homemade fettuccine with porcini mushrooms, soft-shell crabs, spinach from the garden, and lemon tarts with fraises des bois for dessert.”

— Martha Stewart

94. “I don’t even like firing people. I don’t think I’ve ever said, ‘You’re fired’ to anybody.”

— Martha Stewart

95. “To entertain at home is both a relief and a rediscovery – of rooms and settings, of your favorite things, and particularly of your own tastes and ideas.”

— Martha Stewart

96. “I always thought I would be a teacher. And I think I actually lived up to my initial dreams, because what I do now is teach millions and millions of people many different kinds of things.”

— Martha Stewart

97. “You have to watch the clock constantly because youre only allowed out of your home for a limited period, and for a busy person, watching the clock and knowing other people are watching the clock is extremely difficult.”

— Martha Stewart

98. “Giving information that will help everybody live better. That’s a teacher’s dream-to accumulate information and disperse it in a form that allows people to choose the way they’re going to use it. That’s what I think I do best.”

— Martha Stewart

99. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

100. “I am always asking myself how I can improve the lives of my customers, my colleagues, my shareholders, my family and my friends.”

— Martha Stewart