Robert Denning Quotes

• Texture and pattern should function as a surprise.

  Robert Denning

  Texture, Patterns, Surprise

  "The Sweet Smell of Excess" by Patricia Volk, www.nytimes.com. October 8, 2006.

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• Everything is really about lighting.

  Robert Denning

  Lighting

  "The More the Merrier — Robert Denning's Extravagance of Color and Pattern" by Cynthia Zarin in Architectural Digest v. 59 #4, pp. 146-152, April 2002.

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• Appearance is everything. I find that a view is secondary. Even in those apartments on the East River, it's dull, looking out at those little boats.

  Robert Denning

  Views, Rivers, East

  "The More the Merrier — Robert Denning's Extravagance of Color and Pattern" by Cynthia Zarin, Architectural Digest, v. 59 #4, pp. 146-152, April 2002.

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• Find the ideal in something not ideal.

  Robert Denning

  Ideals

  House & Garden Magazine, p. 120, July 1991.

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• A la Rothschild, a style I define as many good things used irreverently.

  Robert Denning

  Style, Rothschild, Good Things

  "Manhattan Grand Luxe — Richly Appointed Rooms For Collectors" by Aileen Mehle in Architectural Digest, v. 51 #9, pp. 126-176, September 1994.

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• Cooking is like decorating - it never bores me.

  Robert Denning

  Cooking, Decorating, Bores

  "Denning's Pot-au-Feu – A decorator indulges his passion for cuisine bourgeoise", by Suzanne Hart, House & Garden, March 1992.

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• I don't like bare floors.

  Robert Denning

  "The More the Merrier — Robert Denning's Extravagance of Color and Pattern" by Cynthia Zarin, Architectural Digest, v. 59 #4, pp. 146-152, April 2002.

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• Never put sofas against wall.

  Robert Denning

  Wall, Sofas

  "The Sweet Smell of Excess" by Patricia Volk, www.nytimes.com. October 8, 2006.

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• Having people be impressed with a house is not a compliment. You don't want them to say, 'What a place!' You want them to sit down and enjoy it.

  Robert Denning

  Compliments You, People, House

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• I'll accept commissions from anyone who isn't frightened by my proposals.

  Robert Denning

  Proposal, Accepting, Frightened

  The AD100 Architectural Digest, v. 57 #1, p. 48, January 2000.

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