“To me, lighting really sets the mood for a room. A 40 watt bulb in a cheap lamp is the same as a 40 watt bulb in an expensive one.” RoomsMoodExpensiveLampsLightingBulbs Author:Edward S. Walker, Jr.
“Used throughout a room, orange can become surprisingly neutral, and yet it can be bright and mood-enhancing.” UsedRoomsMoodColourOrangeNeutrality Author:Jonathan Adler
“But there was escape, too, even in those days, for there was Whistler living in the grey mists with a faded orange moon. The nocturne transformed itself into dreamy rooms with Chopin's music creating a mood that softened the hard core of self.” SelfHardRoomsMoonCreatingCoreMoodTransformedGreyOrangeMistFadedDreamyHard CoreWhistler Author:Mark Tobey
“Visitors should conform as much as possible to the habits and customs of the house. They should be moderate in their demands for personal attendance. They should not carry their moods into the drawing-room or to the table, and, whether they are bored or not, should be ready to contribute as much as in their power to an atmosphere of pleasure. If the above involves too much self-sacrifice, then an invitation to visit should by no means be accepted.” IfsShouldMeanSelfHousePleasureRoomsToo MuchSacrificeReadyHabitDemandTablesDrawingAcceptedMoodBoredAtmosphereCustomsConformHospitalityModeratesInvitationsVisitorsSelf SacrificeAttendanceSociability Author:Elisabeth Marbury
“The Enormous Room seems to me to be the book that has nearest approached the mood of reckless adventure in which men will reach the white heat of imagination needed to fuse the soggy disjointed complexity of the industrial life about us into seething fluid of creation. There can be no more playing safe.” MenBookSeemsImaginationWhiteRoomsCreativityCreationAdventureNeededSafeMoodEnormousHeatComplexityProseRecklessFluidFuseSeething Author:John Dos Passos
“When you get an idea, so many things come in that one moment. You could write the sound of that idea, or the sound of the room it's in. You could write the clothes the character is wearing, what they're saying, how they move, what they look like. Instead of making up, you're actually catching an idea, for a story, characters, place, and mood - all the stuff that comes.” WritingLooksIdeasMomentsCharacterStoriesMovingStuffSoundRoomsClothesMoodCatchingMaking Up Author:David Lynch
“I took a small flat for myself and the children ... My husband took a room in a clean rooming house within easy walking distance of his office. ... It is wonderful sometimes to be alone in the night and just know that someone loves you. In other moods you must have that lover in your arms. Marriage under two roofs makes room for moods.” KnowsChildrenTwoSometimesNightHouseEasyRoomsMarriageWonderfulLove YouArmsLoversWalkingHusbandOfficeDistanceCleanMoodFlatsMy HusbandRoofOne Love Book:Crystal Eastman on women and revolution Source: Crystal Eastman on women and revolution
“We can affect people around us so much with our moods. A depressed person can make a room gloomy and a sweet nature can cause the lion to lie down with the lamb.” PeoplePersonsLyingCausesRoomsSweetMoodLionsLambsGloomyDepressed Person Book:My One Hundred Adventures Source: My One Hundred Adventures