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Albert Hadley, an influential American interior designer, was born on November 8, 1920, and passed away on March 29, 2012. Known for his unique aesthetic and design philosophy, he had a profound impact on the American interior design scene in the mid-20th century.

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“The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what's in or what's out. This is not an easy job.”

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“Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for show but to nourish one’s wellbeing.”

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“After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement.”

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“Flair is a primitive kind of style. It is innate and cannot be taught. It can be polished and refined. When a person has flair, a grounding in the principle of design, and self-discipline, that person has the potential of being an outstanding designer.”

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“Decorators should always remember that letting a client see too many beautiful things is a pitfall.”

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“I have always believed that the more educated the clients are, the easier they are to work with. Clients with a knowledge of decorating, and an ability to articulate what they want from the finished project, make the designer's job easier.”

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“A decorator, no matter how talented, can't always get the desired results because sometimes there is resistance or maybe a lack of understanding on the part of the client. I think it is the decorator's job to work as a guide, to bring out the best qualities and the best attitudes.”

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“So many young decorators are trying to reinvent the wheel, and the results are sometimes very dubious. They're striving to do things that have never been done before. Quite often it is done without authority, without knowledge, and without a background in taste. They need to be educated about the past, and they need a richer vocabulary.”

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“An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.”

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“Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important.”

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“....the designer must be able to see - make a concentrated effort to absorb the essence of the project. Seeing is a very difficult thing to do. Most people "look" at a lot of thing but never "see" anything. Looking is emotional; seeing is an intellectual process.”

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“You cannot make a modern apartment out of a traditional space.”

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“Deep downy upholstery is absolutely what I've always been about.”

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“We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection requires a strong constitution and the ability to resist.”

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“To create an interior, the designer must develop an overall concept and stick to it.”

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“When Van Truex defined the difference between designing and decorating, he used the analogy of preparing a roast of beef. Design, he said, is the preparation and cooking; decorating is the final seasoning, the savoring.”

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“Too much of what passes for design now is theater. It's one thing to be eccentric- and by the way, most eccentrics tend to be rather well-educated people - and quite another to be a faddist, by which I mean someone who tries to conjure a totally foreign aesthetic in a misplaced environment.”

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“The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.”

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“Design is about discipline and reality, not about fantasy beyond reality.”

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About the Author

Born: November 8, 1920
Died: March 29, 2012
Known for: Interior designer
Quotes: 34

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