Contemporary Quote by Van Day Truex Download Open image “There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting.” — Van Day Truex ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Contemporary Design Interior design Periods Rooms Setting Settings
I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
There are elements to the 19th century which just don't work for contemporary audiences. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike. — Genevieve Bujold Copy Share Image
I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater.… — Ioan Gruffudd Copy Share Image
You never know when contemporary art is going to insinuate itself into a normally art-free zone. — Roberta Smith Copy Share Image
I hate period films - and there are plenty of them - where they say, "Let's not do contemporary language because the audience won't… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
whatever the uses of a room, they are seriously interfered with if it be not preserved as a world by itself. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits. — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Maybe people who aren't too interested in period pieces will be now because 'Bridgerton' is so contemporary, so modern. — Claudia Jessie 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
Interiors speak! Rooms emphasize whether one exists or lives, and there is a great difference between the two! — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing. — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
I suppose the most marked example of color as structure is in the Byzantine use of mosaic decoration that becomes architecture. The decoration of… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
Too many bright colors make for congestion. Too many bright colors need, above all, contrast in value, to eliminate vibration. — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
The overscaled compositions being produced by so many abstract painters, which are full of movement and use of color, are ideal example, ideal transformations… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
It is general knowledge for anyone interested in color that subdued value, intensity and hue make for quieter, less adventuresome interiors. Stronger approaches need… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of these three determining factors,… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure. — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
“And for God's sake, don't let her watch Cinderella. What kind of example is that? A mindless twit who can't even remember where she… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
“No." I pulled away just enough to lock my eyes with his. His crooked smile sent shivers down my spine. His eyes were a… — Stephanie Witter Copy Share Image
One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran and the… — Arnold Beichman Copy Share Image
The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art world doesn't… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn more about… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
We have created indoor installations inside museums, like the Wrapped Floor at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 1968, and not monumental… — Christo Copy Share Image
Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It's very contemporary. — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
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