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“word to the wise” wednesday: eva quateman

One room should flow into the next unobtrusively.  The design should sing the same song as it progresses along from space to space. - Eva Quateman (as quoted by Ann Maine, Editor in Chief, in Traditional Home, October 2009)

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“word to the wise” wednesday: antoine saint-exupéry

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French author and aviator (as quoted by Ann Omvig Maine, Editor in Chief, in Traditional …

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“word to the wise” wednesday: catherine malandrino

I need contrast – the old and the new, the rough and the soft.  The clash of it all is very sexy. - Catherine Malandrino, fashion designer (as quoted in Elle Decor)

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“word to the wise” wednesday: diana vreeland

All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red.  I can never get painters to mix it for me.  It’s exactly as if I’d said, ‘I want rococo with a spot of gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist temple.’  They have no idea what I’m talking about.  About the …

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