Decor Quotes

• I think décor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story.

  Pedro Almodovar

  Thinking, Stories, Way

  "Interview", Volume 26, (p. 49), 1996.

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• But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings... That's not quite true!

  Norman MacCaig

  True Love, Nice, Book

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• I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.

  Albert Hadley

  Beautiful, Believe, Interior Design

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• You create your own decoration. You choose your color, you choose your mood. ... If you are depressed, you put some bright yellow and suddenly you are happy.

  Philippe Starck

  Happy, Depression, Color

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• Labels don't really impress, it's the uniqueness and risk in decor that inspire.

  Bryan Batt

  Inspire, Risk, Labels

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• Design is not about decorating functional forms - it is about creating forms that accord with the character of the object and that show new technologies to advantage.

  Peter Behrens

  Character, Technology, Creating

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• I don't shop. I buy things that inspire me, that give me emotion.

  Giambattista Valli

  Giving, Inspire, Emotion

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• Make sure furniture decor has similar scale. It's all about scale, proportion, measuring, being conscious of the overall plan.

  Michael S. Smith

  Furniture, Conscious, Scales

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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• Fashion and decor should amuse you and your friends.

  Lauren Santo Domingo

  Fashion, Should

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• Light, air, sound. In every space, it's how you embrace those things.

  Michael Gabellini

  Light, Air, Space

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• I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

  Isaac Mizrahi

  Short Life, Waste, Exuberance

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• My favorite project is always the next one.

  Michael Graves

  Work, Design, Next

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• I just don't like to settle. Good enough is never good enough.

  Josie Natori

  Never Good Enough, Settling, Good Enough

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• I would definitely bring silver into your holiday decor.

  Emily Henderson

  Holiday, Silver

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• There are two things that make a room timeless: a sense of history and a piece of the future.

  Charlotte Moss

  Two, Pieces, Rooms

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• Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even - all must combine to realize a character.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Character, Portraits, Portraiture

  Charles Baudelaire, Jonathan Mayne (1981). “Art in Paris 1845-1862: salons and other exhibitions”

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• Modesty is great, and quietness is nice, but sometimes it's much more fun to be decadent.

  Robin Standefer

  Fun, Nice, Modesty

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• When it comes to art, buy with your eyes, not your ears. I tried very hard not to 'decorate' with art. Art should be reflective of your personality and what's going on in your head-not reflective of the colors of a sofa.

  Jason Pomeranc

  Art, Eye, Color

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• I don't see boundaries between styles, such as modern or contemporary. I've collected each piece from a different experience or period of my life.

  Carlos Miele

  Different Experiences, Style, Pieces

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• What's the purpose of living in a loft if you put up walls?

  Naeem Khan

  Wall, Purpose, Ifs

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• Furniture and food are ways that people define their attitude toward life. They'll buy better stuff if it's offered to them.

  Terence Conran

  Attitude, People, Stuff

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• A pretext-not a cause-is sufficient for us to enter the "solitary situation", the situation of the dreaming solitude. In this solitude, memories arrange themselves in tableaux. Decor takes precedence over drama. Sad memories take on at least the peace of melancholy.

  Gaston Bachelard

  Dream, Memories, Drama

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• Wit and puns aren't just décor in the mind; they're essential signs that the mind knows it's on, recognizes its own software, can spot the bugs in its own program.

  Adam Gopnik

  Mind, Essentials, Bugs

  "Get Smart" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. April 4, 2011.

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• Beauty is my heritage, but home decor is very much my passion.

  Aerin Lauder

  Passion, Home, Heritage

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• The purely abstract theorist runs the risk that, as with modern decor, the furniture of the mind will be sparse, bare, and uncomfortable.

  Robert K. Merton

  Running, Risk, Mind

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