The House in Good Taste
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“When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old.”
Source: After all
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Source: After all
“Eating outdoors makes for good health and long life and good temper, everyone knows that.”
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“No one chair should be isolated.”
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“You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not.”
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“the smallest part is worthy of the whole.”
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“Light, air and comfort - these three things I must always have in a room.”
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“don't make each room a different color in a small apartment or you'll make yourself nervous.”
“Never, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not believe in building a meal on a lake.”
Source: After all
“There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.”
“I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.”
“Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.”
“I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in.”
Source: The House in Good Taste
“I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.”
Source: After all
“Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.”
Source: After all
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“My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability.”
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“I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.”
Source: Elsie De Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration
“We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses.”
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“Simplicity, suitability and proportion.”
Source: Elsie De Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration
“The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint.”
Source: After all
“You can't take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud.”
Source: Elsie De Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration
“A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.”