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Candace Wheeler was an outstanding American designer known for her contributions to interior design, furniture design, and decorative arts. Born in 1827 and passing away in 1923, she was a pioneer in the women's design movement and her work is highly regarded both then and now.

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Famous Candace Wheeler Quotes

“Blessed be those souls who are glad! They are a salve for sorrow and fatigue. A sun in days of darkness, a joy in sorrow, a ray of heaven shining through the uncertainness of earth.”

Soul Earth Joy Heaven Darkness Sun Sorrow Blessed Shining Glad Rays Fatigue Cheerfulness Shining Through

Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life

Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life

“If the physical perfection of childhood could last, what a possesssion it would be for humanity!”

Ifs Would Be Lasts Humanity Childhood Perfection

Author:Candace Wheeler

“One of the most perfect and unfailing joys of life is planting. It is the creative joy felt by God.”

Life Is Joy Felt Perfect Creative Gardening Joy Of Life

Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life

Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life

“And then came a time when I could no longer say 'We,' and I found myself in a lonesome land where no one remembered that I had ever been young, or called me by my given name.”

Young Found Names Given Loss Grief Land Remembered Lonesome Given Names

Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life

Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life

“perpetuity in a home is a blanket for the cold years that come with age.”

Years Home Age Cold Blanket

Author:Candace Wheeler

“Brown people and black people and red people swarmed through our great halls, until those who were white looked simply faded-out human beings beside them. Indeed, I came to see that white is not a color in skin any more than in textiles, and if it had not quality, it had no value even for humanity. I saw that color in skin had a certain advantage in strength and warmth as a means of beauty.”

People Ifs Humans Mean Certain Values Humanity Black Human Beings White Quality Saws Color Red Advantage Skins Brown Halls Warmth Black People Faded Textiles

Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life

Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life

“A great magazine is sort of a net for ability.”

Ability Magazines

Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life

Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life

“Peace is the wait of the patient soul.”

Soul Peace Waiting Patient

Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life

Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life

“Poor, successful, fallible Republican party! If it could only have kept the purity of the patriot impulse of which it was born!”

Ifs Political Born Poor Party Successful Republican Impulse Purity Patriot Republican Party Political Parties

Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life

Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life

About the Author

Born: 1827
Died: 1923
Known for: Designer
Quotes: 9

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