There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile. Elsie de Wolfe More Quotes by Elsie de Wolfe More Quotes From Elsie de Wolfe I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life. Elsie de Wolfe changebeautifulbeauty Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you. Elsie de Wolfe tonguepartywitty It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there. Elsie de Wolfe homehappinessmen I believe in optimism & plenty of white paint. Elsie de Wolfe optimismwhitebelieve You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not. Elsie de Wolfe housewanthome The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint. Elsie de Wolfe cardinalsvirtuedesign What is the goal? A house that is like the life that goes with it, a house that gives us beauty as we understand it- and beauty of a nobler kind that we may grow to understand. Elsie de Wolfe goalhousegiving I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools. Elsie de Wolfe unwisefoolborn It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, or carves a statue - simplicity is the mark of a master-hand. Elsie de Wolfe simplicitywritinghands don't make each room a different color in a small apartment or you'll make yourself nervous. Elsie de Wolfe colordifferentrooms Light, air and comfort - these three things I must always have in a room. Elsie de Wolfe lightaircomfort Simplicity, suitability and proportion. Elsie de Wolfe interior-designsimplicitydesign Eating outdoors makes for good health and long life and good temper, everyone knows that. Elsie de Wolfe good-healtheatinglong 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. Elsie de Wolfe lightwritingrunning A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition. Elsie de Wolfe synthesiscomforthouse I know of nothing more significant than the awakening of men and women throughout our country to the desire to improve their houses. Call it what you will - awakening, development, American Renaissance - it is a most startling and promising condition of affairs. Elsie de Wolfe housemencountry a woman of the world should always be the mistress of sorrow and not its servant. She may have a grief but never a grievance. Elsie de Wolfe mistresssorrowgrief 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. Elsie de Wolfe imitationimaginationnumbers My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability. Elsie de Wolfe interior-designdesign Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories. Elsie de Wolfe interior-designaccessoriesdetails
