In design, Mother Nature is our best teacher.

Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure.

Good design is forever.

There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting.

The combination of an individual[i.e., a client] with a positive idea of living and a good designer is the great force in contemporary decoration. I don't care how good the designer is, I am sure that he [or she] would rahter have a person with definite ideas rahter than have to work with a negative figure as a client.

The modern scene in decoration is not a unified or controlled one. The unified control of the arts during the reign of Louis XIV no longer exists; today the designer is free to achieve a wider variety and more personal approach to the interior.

Too many bright colors make for congestion. Too many bright colors need, above all, contrast in value, to eliminate vibration.