Interior Design Quotes

95 quotes by 26 authors

....the designer must be able to see - make a concentrated effort to absorb the essence of the project. Seeing is a very difficult thing… — Albert Hadley
You cannot make a modern apartment out of a traditional space. — Albert Hadley
Deep downy upholstery is absolutely what I've always been about. — Albert Hadley
We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection requires… — Albert Hadley
To create an interior, the designer must develop an overall concept and stick to it. — Albert Hadley
When Van Truex defined the difference between designing and decorating, he used the analogy of preparing a roast of beef. Design, he said, is the… — Albert Hadley
Too much of what passes for design now is theater. It's one thing to be eccentric- and by the way, most eccentrics tend to be… — Albert Hadley
I make no special difference between architecture and design, they are two different stages of invention. — Ettore Sottsass
My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood. — Ettore Sottsass
It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never totally… — Ettore Sottsass
...there is no doubt something will be done sooner or later to enable us to put on a house every day, just as we put… — Ettore Sottsass
Decoration can be a state of mind, an unusual perception, a ritual whisper. — Ettore Sottsass
If you think you're meeting your destiny on the other side of a door you may not be interested in its design. — Ettore Sottsass
Much of the character of everyman may be read in his house. — John Ruskin
In my house there is no attempt whatever to secure harmonies of colour, or form, or furniture.... I am entirely independent for daily happiness upon… — John Ruskin
It is usually a mistake to impose an individual's taste on a room that has its own....style. Conversely, to put very fine pieces of furniture… — Nancy Lancaster
I had learnt from going to Houghton that to make a room quiet, to make it harmonious, you never wanted to have only one 'mouvement'… — Nancy Lancaster
I've always liked a formal layout and informal planting," she explained. "First get the structure right, like the bones in a face, then plant it… — Nancy Lancaster
I've lived too long and I've lived too well. — Nancy Lancaster
Even if it's not a style of architecture or period you like, a decorator has to have a feel for a house's personality and try… — Nancy Lancaster

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