Interior design Quote by James Lileks

Rich colors are typical of a rich nature.

— Van Day Truex

Perfectionism is the death of a great room.

— Anne McDonald

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

...If our houses, or clothes, our household furniture and utensils are not works of art, they are either wretched makeshifts, or, what is worse,…

— William Morris

...When someone asks me to help create a room my first reaction, if I do not already know the person, is to try to…

— Sister Parish

You can never judge a paint hue by the liquid color in the paint pot. You must apply it to a wall, wait for…

— Dorothy Draper

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

I half wish that I had not been born with a sense of romance and beauty in this accursed age.

— William Morris

Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating.

— Albert Hadley

I never set out to do interior design; I just do what I do, and some people come along and want me to work…

— John Rocha

I enjoy trying to inspire myself. I enjoy the artistic side of everything. Music, art, fashion, everything. I just like to be on the…

— Chris Kirkpatrick

Unlike traditional nursing homes, Green House homes provide elders with a high quality of life and quality of care in a setting that feels…

— Risa Lavizzo-Mourey