Furniture Quotes · Page 10

Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind.

— Isaac D'Israeli

there is something dangerous about mirrors. ... What dynamite we handle when we lift a mirror or bend towards one! I seldom do.

— Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

I never felt that I was recognised for anything in particular. I was just part of the TV furniture.

— Hugh Dennis

I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.

— Lisa Marie Presley

“Even the furniture made the most of the lack of supervision to move about.”

— Diane Setterfield

I jog at the Rose Bowl, and I collect antique and vintage furniture, so I'm there every few weeks for the flea…

— Theo Rossi

I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums.

— Zaha Hadid

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses…

— Benjamin Franklin

Many years ago, I went with my husband and daughter to Denmark. In those years, you could bring $400 worth of furniture…

— Ruth Westheimer

But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw…

— Raymond Carver

A basically dishonest man can survive longer in the church or the classroom than he can in the grain exchange or the…

— Benjamin A. Rogge

I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to…

— Olivia Newton-John

Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say.…

— Arne Jacobsen

I had learnt from going to Houghton that to make a room quiet, to make it harmonious, you never wanted to have…

— Nancy Lancaster

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. No furniture, no light fittings, no carpet, no bodies. Not a single body. Nothing but the million ducks, the…

— Nicky Singer

And then there's the personal question so many of Lassie's fans want to ask: Is he allowed on the furniture? Of course…

— Julia Glass

He had no money and no home; he lived entirely on the road of the racing circuit, sleeping in empty stalls, carrying…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“Furnishing was not a priority in the Citadel. Shelves, stools, tables... There was a rumor among the novices that priests towards the…

— Terry Pratchett

the association of children and fairy-stories is an accident of our domestic history. Fairy-stories have in the modern lettered world been relegated…

— Anonymous

You can't stand clutter, and you have an obsession with orderliness. The furniture in here is centered exactly on the walls; the…

— Judith McNaught

I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of…

— Elsie de Wolfe

When I was creative director [at Estée Lauder], I was always being asked about my beauty must-haves. From there I had this…

— Aerin Lauder

Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the…

— Iain Banks

“The sad rocking chair in the corner was actually a joke of a chair: if one started laughing at it, one could…

— Knut Hamsun

I like to work a lot with wood. I make furniture that falls apart. I also sew.

— Tim Conway

Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.

— Barbra Streisand

“in every room, the furniture reflects you larger than life, or dwindling”

— Adrienne Rich

I don't spend money on anything. I don't collect anything. I don't spend it on furniture.

— Mick Jagger

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.

— Fran Lebowitz

That furniture cost me a fortune! It's designer furniture." "Designed by whom ? Darth Vader ? The Hitler Youth ?

— Jennifer Crusie

Designers can give your house a classy and contemporary look but not a homely look.

— KK

I'm a master assembler of Ikea furniture, in case anyone wants to know.

— Allison Williams

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.

— Les Dawson

I think furniture is art. I don't think art is just for your walls - I think everything that someone has made…

— Ellen DeGeneres

Make sure furniture decor has similar scale. It's all about scale, proportion, measuring, being conscious of the overall plan.

— Michael S. Smith

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

— Anthea Turner

No: What the heck happened? Or: Why did you go from nearly kissing me to tossing me across your yard and into…

— Alyson Noel

I look at every piece of furniture and every object as an individual sculpture.

— Kelly Wearstler

When the ship is going down we trouble ourselves little enough about the style of the cabin furniture.

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

I designed every piece {of furniture} for a different reason and purpose, so I love each one.

— Savannah Brinson