Decoration Quote by Ettore Sottsass Download Open image “Decoration can be a state of mind, an unusual perception, a ritual whisper.” — Ettore Sottsass ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Decoration Design Interior design Mind Perception Philosophy of Mind Psychology Ritual State of mind States Unusual
Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
Decoration is asked to be 'merely' pleasing, 'merely' embellishing, and the 'functional' logic of Modernism leaves no room, apparently, for such 'mereness.' This is… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
One of the most basic human instincts is the need to decorate. Nothing is exempt - the body, the objects one uses, from intimate… — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
Have you ever considered how much pure stuff and nonsense surrounds this subject of interior decoration? Probably not. Almost everyone believes that there is… — Dorothy Draper Copy Share Image
I only like decoration if it plays second to the architecture of a dress, — Madeleine Vionnet Copy Share Image
Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes… — Charlotte Moss Copy Share Image
The art of decoration requires the most sophisticated and self-indulgent skills. Its aim has always been to sate the senses as gloriously as possible.… — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
Practice design, Not Decoration: Don't just make pretty talking points. Instead, display information in a way that makes complex information clear. — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement. — Albert Hadley Copy Share Image
When I began designing machines I also began to think that these objects, which sit next to each other and around people, can influence… — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never… — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
...there is no doubt something will be done sooner or later to enable us to put on a house every day, just as we… — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I make no special difference between architecture and design, they are two different stages of invention. — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
When I was young, all we ever heard about was functionalism, functionalism, functionalism. It’s not enough. Design should also be sensual and exciting. — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
I try and be as stupid as possible regarding my profession, which means I try to look at as few design magazines as possible. — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
A chair must be really important as an object, because my mother always told me to offer my chair to a lady — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood. — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
Les trois quarts de nos exercices intellectuels ne sont plus que broderies sur le vide. Three quarters of our intellectual performances are no more… — Stephanie Crayencour Copy Share Image
She surrounded herself with books at work and at home. Her living space was a testament to her first and abiding love with shelves… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
People live and work in uninspiring environments, but look inside those rooms. Look at the painted walls and the decorations. People rebel even in… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Men's clothing is more pure in design. It's more simple and has no decoration. Women want that. When I started designing, I wanted to… — Yohji Yamamoto Copy Share Image
Yet he saw that in all places there was originality, resulting from the human efforts at decoration and ingenious methods of survival. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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.… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
Love Is the Treasure The temple of love is not love itself; True love is the treasure, Not the walls about it. Do not… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Humorists of the 'mere' sort cannot survive. Humor is only a fragrance, a decoration. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
The drama embraces and applies all the beauties and decorations of poetry. The sister arts attend and adorn it. Painting, architecture, and music are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
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