Best Interior Design Quotes

Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

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

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.

Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best.

Decorators should always remember that letting a client see too many beautiful things is a pitfall.

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.

Life is all about manners. Nothing else matters.

When Van Truex defined the difference between designing and decorating, he used the analogy of preparing a roast of beef. Design, he said, is the preparation and cooking; decorating is the final seasoning, the savoring.

We’re all collectors by nature. But if you’re talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection requires a strong constitution and the ability to resist.

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.

After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement.

So many young decorators are trying to reinvent the wheel, and the results are sometimes very dubious. They’re striving to do things that have never been done before. Quite often it is done without authority, without knowledge, and without a background in taste. They need to be educated about the past, and they need a richer vocabulary.

You cannot make a modern apartment out of a traditional space.

I have always believed that the more educated the clients are, the easier they are to work with. Clients with a knowledge of decorating, and an ability to articulate what they want from the finished project, make the designer’s job easier.

A decorator, no matter how talented, can’t always get the desired results because sometimes there is resistance or maybe a lack of understanding on the part of the client. I think it is the decorator’s job to work as a guide, to bring out the best qualities and the best attitudes.

A good decorator not only plans and schemes, but he also knows how the job is done.

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.

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

To create an interior, the designer must develop an overall concept and stick to it.

Flair is a primitive kind of style. It is innate and cannot be taught. It can be polished and refined. When a person has flair, a grounding in the principle of design, and self-discipline, that person has the potential of being an outstanding designer.

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

The one thing I never get involved with is selecting art or pictures for a client. This is a very personal thing. If the clients have pictures, I will hang them. When they do not own pictures I leave the walls blank.

Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important.

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

Perfectionism is the death of a great room.

A lot of people worry about the ‘ wear and tear ‘ on furnishings. I feel it’s more a matter of people treating the things that surround them with respect.

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what’s in or what’s out. This is not an easy job.

People’s live are expressed in little details….The soap in the bathroom, the flowers in the garden, the books on the bedside table are all strong symbols of a life in progress. You look at these details and a world unfolds – here are their books, the paintings they cherish, the music that soothes their souls.

Take the time and do some small thing that will be noticed and remembered. Choose your objects carefully, and buy only what you love.

Decorating is like math, a game of adding and subtracting.

Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes and nothing is off-key.

Just as a picture is created by adding a dab of paint at a time, the best arrangements are created a step at a time, with pauses so you can step back and see the overall effect.

Have you ever noticed how some rooms exude a certain energy, warmth, and a harmony of spirit? If you have, then you have experienced the language of the home. A language softly spoken, and univerally understood.

All the necessary elements of a room should not arrive on installation day. Room should always be left for the things we will acquire…the objects we cannot live without.

What we remember most about rooms we like is the ‘atmosphere.’