Art is the ultimate luxury good, but one that can make you think, give a you a blast of beauty and enhance your life. Even if the work’s made of plasticine. – Ben Elliot
When I lived in New York, I discovered these Russian & Turkish Baths in East 10th Street. Great for a platza treatment – plus, you’ll run into the world and his wife there. – Ben Elliot
It’s not marriage that I crave. Many of my friends who have married are pretty miserable. Within a year and a half, most of them are either unhappy or divorced. – Ben Elliot
I eat out three times a day most days of the year. This is no big deal to most New Yorkers, and it is not something I am necessarily proud of – it’s simply the nature of my itinerant life. – Ben Elliot
I don’t believe that saying things because you feel they are what people want to hear is the right way to be in any part of your life. – Ben Elliot
My obsession with eating out partly comes from having spent 10 long years at English boarding schools in the 1980s, where food was pretty low on the list. – Ben Elliot
I have an issue with others ordering for me, and I spend far too long haranguing people that my choices are the best. I apologize for the amount of conversations I have ruined with this attitude. – Ben Elliot
Fastidious attention to detail makes the difference between an OK service and first class service. – Ben Elliot
Buenos Aires is easily one of the most stylish cities in the world with its eclectic collection of neighborhoods, each with its own unique charm. – Ben Elliot
My father instilled in me an attitude that you couldn’t really enjoy yourself unless you had done something to deserve it. So, my childhood was spent working on farms or local shops or, when I got older, in banks. – Ben Elliot
I’ve always been fascinated by India and its color and vibrancy. I worked in Madhya Pradesh in the Kanha National Game reserve before university, and it is probably the most intoxicating country I have ever visited. – Ben Elliot
In the same way I am addicted to puddings – the sweeter the better – I have become addicted to the daily routines my Pilates and Gyrotonic guru, Nada, puts me through. – Ben Elliot
What goes around comes around in business, and it’s better to help people out rather than bill them every time you speak to them. – Ben Elliot
Since I travel to the four corners of this planet for work, I don’t need sun holidays or that kind of thing. – Ben Elliot
A quintessential experience is to raft the Rio Grande through the Blue Mountains, stopping off at waterfalls and having picnics of barbecued fish. – Ben Elliot
