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Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating.

Albert Hadley

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Albert Hadley
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: November 8
Died: 2012
Died: March 29
Interior Designer
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Decorating
Interiors
Attractive
Comfortable

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Too much of what passes for design now is theater. It's one thing to be eccentric- and by the way, most eccentrics tend to be rather well-educated people - and quite another to be a faddist, by which I mean someone who tries to conjure a totally foreign aesthetic in a misplaced environment.
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Life is all about manners. Nothing else matters.
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You cannot make a modern apartment out of a traditional space.
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A decorator, no matter how talented, can't always get the desired results because sometimes there is resistance or maybe a lack of understanding on the part of the client. I think it is the decorator's job to work as a guide, to bring out the best qualities and the best attitudes.
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When Van Truex defined the difference between designing and decorating, he used the analogy of preparing a roast of beef. Design, he said, is the preparation and cooking decorating is the final seasoning, the savoring.
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I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.
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Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful.
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An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.
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Beige is atmosphere. It's bisque, it's ivory, it's cream, it's stone, it's toast, it's cappuccino. Its well, it's magic.
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After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement.
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Decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.
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Design is about discipline and reality, not about fantasy beyond reality.
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The one thing I never get involved with is selecting art or pictures for a client. This is a very personal thing. If the clients have pictures, I will hang them. When they do not own pictures I leave the walls blank.
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Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for show but to nourish one’s wellbeing.
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The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what's in or what's out. This is not an easy job.
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Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best.
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The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.
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Flair is a primitive kind of style. It is innate and cannot be taught. It can be polished and refined. When a person has flair, a grounding in the principle of design, and self-discipline, that person has the potential of being an outstanding designer.
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I have always believed that the more educated the clients are, the easier they are to work with. Clients with a knowledge of decorating, and an ability to articulate what they want from the finished project, make the designer's job easier.
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Deep downy upholstery is absolutely what I've always been about.
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