ELLE DECOR's Quote of the Week
Words of wisdom from some of ELLE DECOR’s favorite talents and tastemakers over the past 20 years
“Minimalist rooms can be so beautiful, but I can’t live in one; I love objects too much.”
—Interior designer Bunny Williams, Dec 03
Past Quotes
"I could never live without artwork. It’s a constant inspiration.”—Fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez, April 02
"I’m all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn’t waste it being tasteful.”—Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, March 05
"I love the visual energy that comes from the imperfect, the unexpected. People sometimes think designers create fairy tales, but we give them something that’s much more sincere. We don’t live in fairy tales.”—Interior designer Victoria Hagan, Aug/Sept 02
"In the most successful spaces, you don’t see everything at once. The more time you spend in them, the more you discover. They open up like flowers."—Interior designer Vicente Wolf, Jan/Feb 07
"There are two things that make a room timeless: a sense of history and a piece of the future."—Interior designer Charlotte Moss, April 02
“Old houses are alive. All you have to do is pick up the thread and go with it. There is something reassuring about them that you don’t find in modern dwellings. A new space has to be tamed. It takes a lot of energy and quite a bit of intuition.”—Antiquaire Pierre Passebon, Dec/Jan 97
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