Interior design Quotes · Page 3

A good decorator not only plans and schemes, but he also knows how the job is done.

— Albert Hadley

I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.

— Albert Hadley

I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.

— Elsie de Wolfe

Interior design wasn't something I rushed into.

— Gauri Khan

I've been fascinated with interior design for as long as I can remember.

— Matthew Williamson

Deep downy upholstery is absolutely what I've always been about.

— Albert Hadley

Decoration can be a state of mind, an unusual perception, a ritual whisper.

— Ettore Sottsass

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.

— Albert Hadley

I love fashion and I love interior design. There are times when the two worlds collide but more often than not, they…

— Hilary Farr

...If our houses, or clothes, our household furniture and utensils are not works of art, they are either wretched makeshifts, or, what…

— William Morris

I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

— Chris Kirkpatrick

For a house to be successful, the objects in it must communicate with one another, respond to and balance one another

— Andree Putman

I like to preserve simplicity rahter than over-polishing. Fashions are changeable. Taste is in realizing the essence of a place.

— Nancy Lancaster

I don't know if I'll go back into medicine. As much as I love it and went to school for it, my…

— Tayshia Adams

The easiest approach to any strong color is to use a lot of it, thus unifying a room. However, beware of too…

— Van Day Truex

Take the time and do some small thing that will be noticed and remembered. Choose your objects carefully, and buy only what…

— Charlotte Moss

In my house there is no attempt whatever to secure harmonies of colour, or form, or furniture… I am entirely independent for…

— John Ruskin

It is imperative to create luxury products that are also functional. My vision for fashion precludes frivolous, fantasy-only designs. That said, fashion…

— Giorgio Armani

“Fashion is a double-edged sword; the more fashionable it is, the less timeliness it has. However, the life expectancy of hotel design…

— Editorial Board of Approaching Hotel Designers

The combination of an individual[i.e., a client] with a positive idea of living and a good designer is the great force in…

— Van Day Truex

The one thing I never get involved with is selecting art or pictures for a client. This is a very personal thing.…

— Albert Hadley

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

— Nancy Lancaster

“we cannot escape showing who we are. What we write and how we express it gives away as much information as our…

— Susan Feehan

How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of these three…

— Van Day Truex

My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood.

— Ettore Sottsass

You just can't beat slip covers for giving that friendly air hospitals need so desperately.

— Dorothy Draper

An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men.

— John Ruskin

What we remember most about rooms we like is the 'atmosphere.'

— Charlotte Moss

A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.

— William Morris

I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.

— Ursula Andress

Life is all about manners. Nothing else matters.

— Albert Hadley

We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.

— Winston Churchill

The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint.

— Elsie de Wolfe

In fashion, my inspiration comes from pop culture - the 1960s and the following years. Whereas in interior design, my influences are…

— Patrick Cox

All the necessary elements of a room should not arrive on installation day. Room should always be left for the things we…

— Charlotte Moss

Decorators should always remember that letting a client see too many beautiful things is a pitfall.

— Albert Hadley

Minimalism in interior design has become a caricature. Everywhere you find shops or hotels with an ambience that makes you feel like…

— Andree Putman

Training the eye is the most important way to gain an appreciation and understanding of good design in busienss management.

— Van Day Truex

I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match…

— Mary J. Blige

If you think you're meeting your destiny on the other side of a door you may not be interested in its design.

— Ettore Sottsass