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Actress

Elsie de Wolfe was a renowned American actress and interior decorator. Born on December 20, 1865, she achieved fame for her performances on the stage and her revolutionary contributions to the field of interior design. She passed away on July 12, 1950, leaving a lasting legacy of artistic influence.

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“You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not.”

Want Home House Express Yourself

Book:The House in Good Taste

Source: The House in Good Taste

“I know of nothing more significant than the awakening of men and women throughout our country to the desire to improve their houses. Call it what you will - awakening, development, American Renaissance - it is a most startling and promising condition of affairs.”

Knows Men Country Desire House Conditions Development Men And Women Affair Awakening Significant Our Country Renaissance

Book:The House in Good Taste

Source: The House in Good Taste

“I can't paint. I can't write. I can't sing. But I can decorate and run a house, and light it, and heat it, and have it like a living thing.”

Writing I Can Light Running House Paint Heat Living Things

Author:Elsie de Wolfe

“There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.”

Has Beens Made House Worthwhile

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“What is the goal? A house that is like the life that goes with it, a house that gives us beauty as we understand it- and beauty of a nobler kind that we may grow to understand.”

Giving Kind May House Grows Goal

Book:The House in Good Taste

Source: The House in Good Taste

“I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses to wealthy persons who do not have the time, inclination, nor culture to do such work for themselves. It is nothing new. Women have done the same thing before.”

Giving Mean Persons Art Done Culture House Advice Design Wealthy Interiors Inclination Interior Design Decoration Nothing New Giving Advice

Book:Elsie De Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration

Source: Elsie De Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration

“A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.”

Should House Comfort Tradition Synthesis Practicality

Author:Elsie de Wolfe

About the Author

Born: December 20, 1865
Died: July 12, 1950
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 37

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