Furniture Quotes

• I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Funny Inspirational, Knowledge, Men

  SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, Choi Hyun (2016). “A Study in Scarlet”, p.13, ebookspub

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• When your home is perfect, every plant in place, every piece of furniture suits the space completely - you've completed a task.

  Frederick Lenz

  Home, Buddhism, Space

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• I look at every piece of furniture and every object as an individual sculpture.

  Kelly Wearstler

  Looks, Sculpture, Pieces

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• One sits more comfortably on a colour that one likes.

  Verner Panton

  Color, Sitting, Hue

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• In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.

  Nate Berkus

  Space, Perfect, Pieces

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• You cannot separate the old furniture from the memories and the memories from the old furniture!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Memories

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• If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

  Nate Berkus

  Thinking, Space, Clutter

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• Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing.

  Van Day Truex

  Art, Design, Rooms

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• It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things.

  Stephen Bayley

  Sometimes, Easier, Made

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• The bed is a metaphysical piece of furniture.

  Nelson Rodrigues

  Bed, Pieces, Metaphysical

  "Memórias" by Nelson Rodrigues, Publicado por Edições Correio de Manhã, (p. 73), 1967.

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• Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

  Anthea Turner

  Differences, Rearranging, Tweak

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• Most furniture is not made for people - they are made for the people who sell them.

  Laura Huxley

  People, Made, Sells

  Source: www.whitelotus.org

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• Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

  Dee Hock

  Mind, Rooms

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• They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame.

  John Ruskin

  Blame, Praise, Undeserving

  John Ruskin (1862). “pt. I. Of genral principles. pt. II. Of truth. v. 4. pt. v. Of mountain beauty”, p.340

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• Necessity invented stools,
  Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs,
  And luxury the accomplish'd Sofa last.

  William Cowper

  Luxury, Elbows, Lasts

  William Cowper (1852). “Poems”, p.159

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• Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Happiness, Attitude, Book

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and Ears”, p.155

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• I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale.

  Brad Pitt

  Design, Architecture, Scales

  "Brad Pitt Discusses His Furniture Collection in an Exclusive Interview". Interview with Stephen Wallis, www.architecturaldigest.com. November 30, 2012.

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• A gentle mixture of furniture expresses life and continuity but it must be a judicious mixture that flows and mixes well. It is a bit like mixing a salade. (I am better at room than salads).

  Nancy Lancaster

  Design, Mixing, Mixtures

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• On Furnishing One's Home - Pick your furniture like you pick a wife; it should make you feel comfortable and look nice, but not so nice that if someone walks past it they want to steal it.

  Justin Halpern

  Nice, Home, Past

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• Like a lot of fellows around here, I have a furniture problem. My chest has fallen into my drawers.

  Billy Casper

  Age, Aging, Problem

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• Make sure furniture decor has similar scale. It's all about scale, proportion, measuring, being conscious of the overall plan.

  Michael S. Smith

  Conscious, Scales, Proportion

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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• We need objects to remind us of the commitments we've made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we're in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.

  Alain de Botton

  Beautiful, Commitment, Giving

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• Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.

  Noel Coward

  Journey, Acting, Literature

  Quoted in Dick Richards, The Wit of Noel Coward (1968). According to Richards, Coward said this during the run of his play Nude with Violin (1956 - 1957). See Fontanne 1

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• We can never understand other people's motives, nor their furniture.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Motive

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.45, BookBaby

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• Furniture that is too obviously designed is very interesting, but too often belongs only in museums.

  Milo

  Museums, Interesting, Very Interesting

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