Affair Quote by Elsie de Wolfe

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

— Sophocles

We're moving from a generation who gave little thought as to the built environment and accepted housing that was neither pleasant to look at,…

— Will Gompertz

“I believe the houses of the future will be...designed to welcome rather than to impress. People...will want homes in which every room is used…

— John Robbins

We're at unique point in history where the things that we are building are going to significantly impact our social, political, economical, and personal…

— Anita Borg

I've long been interested in looking at the culture of consumerism and also was interested in this connection between the American dream and the…

— Lauren Greenfield

Among those best known, their highest ambition is to build American homes, possess American furniture, dress in American clothes, adopt the American style of…

— Sheldon Jackson

These days the American dream of home ownership has turned into a nightmare for millions of families. They wake every day to the reality…

— Mortimer Zuckerman

Housing has always been a key to Great Resets. During the Great Depression and New Deal, the federal government created a new system of…

— Richard Florida

I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would…

— Tadao Ando

With all the challenges in the housing market, it's clear we need a new vision for the way we design our homes, our communities-and…

— Sarah Susanka

The American Dream that has lured tens of millions of all nations to our shores in the past century has not been a dream…

— James Truslow Adams

It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain.

— Henry David Thoreau