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Candace Wheeler

(1827–1923) Architect

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Candace Wheeler was an architect.

Quick Facts About Candace Wheeler

Born: January 1, 1827
Died: January 1, 1923
Profession: Architect

About Candace Wheeler

[Wikidata] American interior designer (1827–1923)... | [Wikipedia] Candace Wheeler was an American interior and textile designer. Traditionally credited as the mother of interior design, she was one of the first women to work as an interior designer in the United States and was a leading authority on home decoration in the 19th century.

Quotes by Candace Wheeler

Poor, successful, fallible Republican party! If it could only have kept the purity of the patriot impulse of which it was born!

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Born

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Brown people and black people and red people swarmed through our great halls, until those who were white looked simply faded-out human…

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Advantage

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Peace is the wait of the patient soul.

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Patience

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If the physical perfection of childhood could last, what a possesssion it would be for humanity!

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Childhood

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A great magazine is sort of a net for ability.

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Ability

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One of the most perfect and unfailing joys of life is planting. It is the creative joy felt by God.

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Creative

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And then came a time when I could no longer say 'We,' and I found myself in a lonesome land where no…

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Found

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Blessed be those souls who are glad! They are a salve for sorrow and fatigue. A sun in days of darkness, a…

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Blessed

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perpetuity in a home is a blanket for the cold years that come with age.

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Age

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