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 Image
Interiors speak! Rooms emphasize whether one exists or lives, and there is a great difference between the two! — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
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 Image
There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting. — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The overscaled compositions being produced by so many abstract painters, which are full of movement and use of color, are ideal example, ideal transformations of an entire wall and entire room… There is no denying that one of the major attractions of these successful large compositions is their structural decorative use in the contemporary scene... That these large canvases can… — 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 Image
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 Image
Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure. — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
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