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Good Quotes: John F. Kennedy

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy (Image of the Old Green Room in the White House, c...

Good Quote: On The Restorative Power Of Space

"We value certain buildings for their ability to rebalance our misshapen natures and encourage emotions which our predominant commitments force us to sacrifice. Feelings of competitiveness, envy and...

Good Quotes: Ovid

What is without periods of rest will not endure. • Ovid (43 BC – 17 AD) We glanced over this at first and then thought it applied really well to interior design. Visually, a room that doesn'...

Good Quotes: IKEA's "Home is the Most Important Place in the World"

Pulling at our heartstrings, the new IKEA ad declares this truth: Home is the most important place in the world. Homes are not just made of bricks and mortar with four walls......

Good Quotes: Josef Frank

�There�s nothing wrong with mixing old and new, with combining different furniture styles, colours and patterns. Anything that is in your taste will automatically fuse to form an entire relaxing...

Quote of the Day: Archie

"I am buying toilet paper offsets from this couple so that I can use more toilet paper than the average person." From Low Impact Man Overexposure?...

Good Quotes: Charles Eames

"I don't believe in this 'gifted few' concept, just in people doing things they are really interested in doing. They have a way of getting good at whatever it is." - Charles Eames (To All Good Qu...

Good Quotes: John Lasseter

"My older brother Jim...was a brilliant interior designer who studied Japanese design. What he loved about their approach is that they'll take away until they can take away no more. We have adopted th...

Good Quotes: Bjork

"Matthew is obsessed with restraint," she said, describing his love of Manhattan as an example. "The idea that you're stuck between all these gigantic skyscrapers is a restraint. And he finds it's a t...

Good Quotes: A Tea Bag

"True wealth is the ability to let go of your possessions." Yogi Tea Bag (Pic: leaf found in the street over the weekend) (To all Good Quotes)...

Good Quotes: Thomas Edison

"There ain't no rules around here! We're trying to accomplish something." Thomas Edison (To All Good Quotes)...

Good Quotes: James Surowiecki

"Because Americans spend more hours at the office than Europeans, they spend fewer hours on tasks in the home: things like cooking, cleaning, and child care. This is especially true of American women,...

Good Quotes: Henri Matisse

"Modern art spreads joy around by its color, which calms us." Henri Matisse Image: La Musique, 1939...

Good Quotes: Henry Thoreau

"I love best to have each thing in its season only, and enjoy doing without it at all other times." Henry Thoreau ...

Good Quotes: Paulo Coehlo

"The one thing I cannot stand, is criticism of the reader, that the reader is dumb. You can speak badly of me, of my books, but you cannot speak badly of the reader. It's like saying, 'Everyone ...

Good Quotes: William Morris

"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." William Morris (Thanks, Kate!)...

Good Quotes: Maira Kalman

YOU TAKE A WALK AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DESIGNED. WHAT THEN WHAT IS DESIGN? - Maira Kalman...

Good Quotes: Somebody Said...

"Don't make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don't hesitate to make it beautiful." Courtesty of Design House Stockholm...

Good Quotes: Charles Eames

"Under the caste system of India the lowest form of caste would eat off a banana leaf. The next highest would eat off a ceramic dish. The next highest had a glazed dish. Then perhaps a brass dish, ...

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