“I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.”
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Famous Elsie de Wolfe Quotes
Source: The House in Good Taste
“Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.”
Source: After all
“My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability.”
Source: The House in Good Taste
“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.”
Source: The House in Good Taste
“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