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.

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.

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.

I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.

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.

It is not chic to be too chic.

Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.