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Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality of life, a beauty that nourishes the soul.

Albert Hadley

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Albert Hadley
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: November 8
Died: 2012
Died: March 29
Interior Designer
Soul
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Life
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Beauty
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Decorating
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So many young decorators are trying to reinvent the wheel, and the results are sometimes very dubious. They're striving to do things that have never been done before. Quite often it is done without authority, without knowledge, and without a background in taste. They need to be educated about the past, and they need a richer vocabulary.
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Decorating is not a look, it's a point of view.
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To create an interior, the designer must develop an overall concept and stick to it.
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Nothing comes cheap, though the educated eye will always spot very nice things for the least money.
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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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The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.
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Deep downy upholstery is absolutely what I've always been about.
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Design is about discipline and reality, not about fantasy beyond reality.
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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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Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating.
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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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Flair-a primitive kind of style-may be innate, but I think knowledgeable taste is learned, the result of travel, experience, living, education.
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After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement.
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I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.
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