Decorative Quotes

56 quotes by 50 authors

In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also… — Gertrude Jekyll
Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation. — Max Ernst
I don't want my daughter to be educated. I think women should just be decorative. — Richard Brautigan
The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential to our comprehension… — Edward Albee
I'm quite lucky, because I've got a small, decorative concrete pig. — Bill Bailey
I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. — Bruce Lee
Women have always collected things and saved and recycled them because leftovers yielded nourishment in new forms. The decorative functional objects women made often spoke… — Miriam Schapiro
I like decorative, functional things that I feel comfortable in — Joey Lauren Adams
I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative arts, folklore, advertising,… — Rene Magritte
Nature is a mere pretext for a decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art. — Georges Braque
The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose… — Warren Buffett
Iconic clothing has been secularized. . . . A guardsman in a dress uniform is ostensibly an icon of aggression; his coat is red as… — Angela Carter
I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade — Anish Kapoor
And I started with this: I have not painted at all my childhood. In fact, I never painted. But I helped my father who was… — Josef Albers
A vase of flowers or greens will bring even a dull hotel room to life in the most delightful way. The small amount of trouble… — Dorothy Draper
You don't have to know anything about a subject as long as you use common sense and imagination, plus enthusiasm! I use all periods of… — Dorothy Draper
Mirrors have come to mean much more than the original 'looking glass.' They are now a part of the decorative scheme of a modern home.… — Dorothy Draper
As a composer I might class myself as a Neo-Romantic, inasmuch as I have always regarded music as a highly personal and emotional form of… — Bernard Herrmann
Its, the gum tree, main appeal to me has been its combination of mightiness and delicacy - mighty in its strength of limb and delicate… — Hans Heysen
I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile… — Bruce Lee

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