Go to the source for ideas, go to the Metropolitan Museum, find your inspiration in nature, go to the Museum of Natural History, but never rely on something that someone else has done. — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
The combination of an individual[i.e., a client] with a positive idea of living and a good designer is the great force in contemporary decoration.… — Van Day Truex Copy Share
Interiors speak! Rooms emphasize whether one exists or lives, and there is a great difference between the two! — Van Day Truex Copy Share
Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing. — Van Day Truex Copy Share
There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting. — Van Day Truex Copy Share
I suppose the most marked example of color as structure is in the Byzantine use of mosaic decoration that becomes architecture. The decoration of… — Van Day Truex Copy Share
Too many bright colors make for congestion. Too many bright colors need, above all, contrast in value, to eliminate vibration. — Van Day Truex Copy Share
The overscaled compositions being produced by so many abstract painters, which are full of movement and use of color, are ideal example, ideal transformations… — Van Day Truex Copy Share
It is general knowledge for anyone interested in color that subdued value, intensity and hue make for quieter, less adventuresome interiors. Stronger approaches need… — Van Day Truex Copy Share
How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of these three determining factors,… — Van Day Truex Copy Share
The modern scene in decoration is not a unified or controlled one. The unified control of the arts during the reign of Louis XIV… — Van Day Truex Copy Share
Go to the source for ideas, go to the Metropolitan Museum, find your inspiration in nature, go to the Museum of Natural History, but… — Van Day Truex Copy Share
