Decoration Quotes

120 quotes by 105 authors

Decoration is just make-up for the wrinkles of the idea. — Thomas Manss
Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it's decoration. — Jeffrey Zeldman
When a scientist considers all high-tech mental machinery needed to arrange words into ordinary sentences, prescriptive rules are, at best, inconsequential little decorations. The very… — Steven Pinker
A conscious decision to eliminate certain details and include selective bits of personal experiences or perceptual nuances, gives the painting more of a multi-dimension than… — Wayne Thiebaud
There is no real need for decorations when throwing a barbecue party - let the summer garden, in all its vibrant and luscious splendour, speak… — Pippa Middleton
I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated! — Wayne Shorter
The man who occupies the first place in an undemocratic state can give himself any award that takes his fancy, but it does not increase… — Dmitri Volkogonov
When, during the Second World War, the island of Malta came through three terrible years of bombardment and destruction, it was rightly awarded the George… — Andrew Roberts
I feel like a lot of time my writing is like having about twenty boxes of Christmas decorations. But no tree. You're going, Where do… — Carolyn Chute
Content informs design; design without content is decoration. — Jeffrey Zeldman
I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of… — Genevieve Gorder
To create an atmosphere dedicated to health..to present charming interiors that will attract maternity patients...to develop distinctive decoration and furnishings that can be installed at… — Dorothy Draper
Decoration can be a state of mind, an unusual perception, a ritual whisper. — Ettore Sottsass
I suppose the most marked example of color as structure is in the Byzantine use of mosaic decoration that becomes architecture. The decoration of the… — Van Day Truex
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. I… — Van Day Truex
The modern scene in decoration is not a unified or controlled one. The unified control of the arts during the reign of Louis XIV no… — Van Day Truex
I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses to… — Elsie de Wolfe
I only like decoration if it plays second to the architecture of a dress, — Madeleine Vionnet
I love everything about the holidays: the decorations, the parties, and spending time with friends and family. What I love most is that feeling of… — Brad Goreski
You create your own decoration. You choose your color, you choose your mood. ... If you are depressed, you put some bright yellow and suddenly… — Philippe Starck

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