I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in.

It is not chic to be too chic.

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.

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.

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

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

Eating outdoors makes for good health and long life and good temper, everyone knows that.