Approach Quote by Stephen Gardiner

I think it's important to approach a house in a way that's reflective of the original environment. Maybe I'm a sentimentalist, but I think…

— Kelsey Grammer

The French are very individualistic.

— Eric Rohmer

And what excites me most is the type of public, the fact that the Parisian people have a broader cultural understanding than many Americans…

— Herb Ritts

“Many French people were difficult conversationalists. Asking them not only where they were originally from but what they did in life was considered rude—I…

— Edmund White

Houses are fundamental metaphors for self, world, permeability, transition, interiority, exteriority, multiplicity, and the power to move from one state of being to another.

— Jane Hirshfield

“The French have such an attractive civilization, dedicated to calm pleasures and general tolerance, and their taste in every domain is so sharp, so…

— Edmund White

The houses people live in reflect their opinions of themselves.

— Joseph Girzone

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community.

— Stephen Gardiner

My mother is from Paris, so she was quite a fashion plate. I always had that French influence at home.

— Nicole Miller

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.

— Elsie de Wolfe

The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.

— Adolf Loos

I think of houses as having their own personality.

— Kelsey Grammer