Occupation: Fashion Designer Birth: 1904 Death: 1979
How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of these three determining ….
Training the eye is the most important way to gain an appreciation and understanding of good design in busienss management..
Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure..
The easiest approach to any strong color is to use a lot of it, thus unifying a room. However, beware of too many strong colors unless you happen to ….
Interiors speak! Rooms emphasize whether one exists or lives, and there is a great difference between the two!.
There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting..
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; to….
It is general knowledge for anyone interested in color that subdued value, intensity and hue make for quieter, less adventuresome interiors. Stronger….
I wonder if any element of interior design is more personal than color? Nothing can more quicly reveal aspect of personality and character than the c….
Color is a major element in scale. A small room can have a larger look by the use of closely related values, hues, and intensity. A large room can be….
Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing..
Good design is forever..
The overscaled compositions being produced by so many abstract painters, which are full of movement and use of color, are ideal example, ideal transf….
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 ….
It is obvious that any rather non-color, monochromatic design is safe, easier, more generally restful and with life being the hurdy-gurdy that it is,….
Go to the source for ideas, go to the Metropolitan Museum, find your inspiration in nature, go to the Museum of Natural History, but never rely on so….
Too many bright colors make for congestion. Too many bright colors need, above all, contrast in value, to eliminate vibration..
I suppose the most marked example of color as structure is in the Byzantine use of mosaic decoration that becomes architecture. The decoration of the….
Control, edit and distill..
In design, Mother Nature is our best teacher..
Rich colors are typical of a rich nature..