Elsie de Wolfe Quotes

The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

The cardinal virtue of all beauty is restraint.

— Elsie de Wolfe

When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old.

— Elsie de Wolfe

I can’t paint. I can’t write. I can’t sing. But I can Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

I can’t paint. I can’t write. I can’t sing. But I can

— Elsie de Wolfe

I know of nothing more significant than the awakening of men and Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

I know of nothing more significant than the awakening of men and

— Elsie de Wolfe

You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not.

— Elsie de Wolfe

You will soon find that your joy in your home is growing, Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

You will soon find that your joy in your home is growing,

— Elsie de Wolfe

My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability.

— Elsie de Wolfe

You can’t take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

You can’t take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud.

— Elsie de Wolfe

No, I don’t take soup. You can’t build a meal on a lake. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

No, I don’t take soup. You can’t build a meal on a lake.

— Elsie de Wolfe

I am going to make everything around me beautiful – that will be my life. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

I am going to make everything around me beautiful – that will be my life.

— Elsie de Wolfe

This is the age of the apartment. Not only in the great Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

This is the age of the apartment. Not only in the great

— Elsie de Wolfe

I believe in optimism & plenty of white paint. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

I believe in optimism & plenty of white paint.

— Elsie de Wolfe

Don’t make each room a different color in a small apartment or Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

Don’t make each room a different color in a small apartment or

— Elsie de Wolfe

Eating outdoors makes for good health and long life and good temper, everyone knows that. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

Eating outdoors makes for good health and long life and good temper, everyone knows that.

— Elsie de Wolfe

A woman of the world should always be the mistress of sorrow Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

A woman of the world should always be the mistress of sorrow

— Elsie de Wolfe

It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men

— Elsie de Wolfe

To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more

— Elsie de Wolfe

I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in.

— Elsie de Wolfe

Never, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

Never, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not

— Elsie de Wolfe

I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.

— Elsie de Wolfe

What is the goal? A house that is like the life that Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

What is the goal? A house that is like the life that

— Elsie de Wolfe

[At first sight of the Acropolis:] It’s beige! My color! Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

[At first sight of the Acropolis:] It’s beige! My color!

— Elsie de Wolfe

Light, air and comfort – these three things I must always have in a room … Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

Light, air and comfort – these three things I must always have in a room …

— Elsie de Wolfe

Simplicity, suitability and proportion. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

Simplicity, suitability and proportion.

— Elsie de Wolfe

No one chair should be isolated … Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

No one chair should be isolated …

— Elsie de Wolfe

It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem,

— Elsie de Wolfe

I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean

— Elsie de Wolfe

We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times,

— Elsie de Wolfe

It is not chic to be too chic. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

It is not chic to be too chic.

— Elsie de Wolfe

The smallest part is worthy of the whole. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

The smallest part is worthy of the whole.

— Elsie de Wolfe

When I am no longer being copied, I shall know that I Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

When I am no longer being copied, I shall know that I

— Elsie de Wolfe

Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.

— Elsie de Wolfe

I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise

— Elsie de Wolfe

There never has been a house so bad that it couldn’t be Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

There never has been a house so bad that it couldn’t be

— Elsie de Wolfe

I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to

— Elsie de Wolfe

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.

— Elsie de Wolfe

Rocked in the cradle of the deep, I lay me down in peace to sleep. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

Rocked in the cradle of the deep, I lay me down in peace to sleep.

— Elsie de Wolfe

It pleases him who gives and receives and thus, like mercy, is twice blessed. Elsie de Wolfe Picture Quote

It pleases him who gives and receives and thus, like mercy, is twice blessed.

— Elsie de Wolfe

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