We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses.

It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, or carves a statue - simplicity is the mark of a master-hand.

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.

Light, air and comfort - these three things I must always have in a room.

It is not chic to be too chic.

don't make each room a different color in a small apartment or you'll make yourself nervous.

You can't take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud.