Interior Design Quotes

95 Interior Design quotes by 26 unique authors

Innovation is often the ability to reach into the past and bring back what is good, what is beautiful, what is useful, what is lasting. — Sister Parish
Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing. — Van Day Truex
How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of these three determining factors, we… — Van Day Truex
Control, edit and distill. — Van Day Truex
Good design is forever. — Van Day Truex
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
I wonder if any element of interior design is more personal than color? Nothing can more quicly reveal aspect of personality and character than the… — Van Day Truex
Rich colors are typical of a rich nature. — Van Day Truex
It is obvious that any rather non-color, monochromatic design is safe, easier, more generally restful and with life being the hurdy-gurdy that it is, more… — Van Day Truex
Too many bright colors make for congestion. Too many bright colors need, above all, contrast in value, to eliminate vibration. — Van Day Truex
It is general knowledge for anyone interested in color that subdued value, intensity and hue make for quieter, less adventuresome interiors. Stronger approaches need stronger… — Van Day Truex
The easiest approach to any strong color is to use a lot of it, thus unifying a room. However, beware of too many strong colors… — Van Day Truex
Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure. — 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
Interiors speak! Rooms emphasize whether one exists or lives, and there is a great difference between the two! — 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
There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting. — Van Day Truex
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… — Van Day Truex
In design, Mother Nature is our best teacher. — Van Day Truex
Training the eye is the most important way to gain an appreciation and understanding of good design in busienss management. — Van Day Truex
My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability. — Elsie de Wolfe
I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint. — Elsie de Wolfe
We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses. — Elsie de Wolfe
To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more servile than to pay one's taxes or to write according to the rule… — Elsie de Wolfe
Simplicity, suitability and proportion. — Elsie de Wolfe

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