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.

Never, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not believe in building a meal on a lake.

You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not.

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.

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.

This is the age of the apartment. Not only in the great cities, but in the smaller centers of civilization the apartment has come to stay. ... A decade ago the apartment was considered a sorry makeshift in America, though it has been successful abroad for more years than you would believe.

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.