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Elsie De Wolfe Quotes

No one chair should be isolated Picture Quote #1

[At first sight of the Acropolis:] It’s beige! My color! Picture Quote #1

When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old Picture Quote #1

Don’t make each room a different color in a small apartment or you’ll make yourself nervous Picture Quote #1

The smallest part is worthy of the whole Picture Quote #1

You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not Picture Quote #1

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Eating outdoors makes for good health and long life and good temper, everyone knows that Picture Quote #1

You can’t take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud Picture Quote #1

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Never, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not believe in building a meal on a lake Picture Quote #1

When I am no longer being copied, I shall know that I am a back number.... the fear of being copied is often the characteristic of the meager imagination Picture Quote #1

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The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint Picture Quote #1

I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint Picture Quote #1

My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability Picture Quote #1

I believe in optimism and plenty of white paint Picture Quote #1

Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories Picture Quote #1

I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools Picture Quote #1

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It is not chic to be too chic Picture Quote #1

No, I don’t take soup. You can’t build a meal on a lake Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there Picture Quote #1

To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more servile than to pay one’s taxes or to write according to the rule of grammar Picture Quote #1

A woman of the world should always be the mistress of sorrow and not its servant. She may have a grief but never a grievance Picture Quote #1

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We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses Picture Quote #1

You will soon find that your joy in your home is growing, and that you have a source of happiness within yourself that you had not suspected Picture Quote #1

Don’t make each room a different color in a small apartment or you’ll make yourself nervous Picture Quote #1

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you Picture Quote #1

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No one chair should be isolated (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) [At first sight of the Acropolis:] It’s beige! My color! (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) Don’t make each room a different color in a small apartment or you’ll make yourself nervous. (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) The smallest part is worthy of the whole (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) Eating outdoors makes for good health and long life and good temper, everyone knows that (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) You can’t take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) 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 (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) Never, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not believe in building a meal on a lake (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) When I am no longer being copied, I shall know that I am a back number.... the fear of being copied is often the characteristic of the meager imagination (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) I believe in optimism and plenty of white paint (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) It is not chic to be too chic (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) No, I don’t take soup. You can’t build a meal on a lake (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) 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 (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more servile than to pay one’s taxes or to write according to the rule of grammar (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) A woman of the world should always be the mistress of sorrow and not its servant. She may have a grief but never a grievance (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) You will soon find that your joy in your home is growing, and that you have a source of happiness within yourself that you had not suspected (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) Don’t make each room a different color in a small apartment or you’ll make yourself nervous (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes) Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you (Elsie De Wolfe Quotes)