Ambience Quote by Gauri Khan

What I want is an art of equilibrium, of purity and tranquility, free from unsettling or disturbing subjects, so that all those who work…

— Henri

Perhaps I need some shattering experience to awaken and inspire me, or at least to give me some emotion to recollect in tranquility. But…

— Barbara Pym

My design preference tends towards warmth, comfort, and minimalism.

— Gauri Khan

Ideas come from all over, but as I write more and more, I find I'm always hunting for mood: I want to write a…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

— Donna Karan

When I'm doing interiors - especially the ones where you really have full creative freedom - it's about creating an environment for people to…

— Lenny Kravitz

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?

— Michael Arad

Practice in tranquility.

— Artur Schnabel

Where I used to strive for movement and restlessness I now attempt to sense and express the complete total calm of objects and the…

— Lyonel Feininger

If you want someone to feel warm, you dress them in a warm color and put a warm light on them and you get…

— Colleen Atwood

When you find a chillness upon your souls, and that your former heat begins to abate, ply yourselves with warm clothes, get those good…

— Thomas Watson

I don't think you can create anything interesting from a comfort zone. You have to work from a place of fear and failure.

— Charlize Theron