Deep downy upholstery is absolutely what I've always been about.

Beige is atmosphere. It's bisque, it's ivory, it's cream, it's stone, it's toast, it's cappuccino. It;s well, it's magic.

An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.

Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality of life, a beauty that nourishes the soul.

Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful.

Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for show but to nourish one’s wellbeing.

I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.

Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.

Nothing comes cheap, though the educated eye will always spot very nice things for the least money.

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.

Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating.

Live to fight another day was an expression that did not take nto account the loved one who would die because you didn't continue fighting today.

It is my inner conviction that the development of science seeks in the main to satisfy the longing for pure knowledge.

If necessity is the mother of invention, scientifically developed production is the mother of scientific research.

If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage.

A poem is no place for an idea.

I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.

If chocolate were a mandatory part of breakfast, people wouldn’t be so grouchy in the morning.

Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.

Why not the Bahamas? Or the Corn Palace?

The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious.