25 Interior Design Quotes to Inspire Your Next Project
Interior design quotes can inspire you to unleash your creativity and make headway on your next project.
No matter your interior design style, making it through an extensive reno or a room makeover is hard and time-consuming. So if you’re feeling stuck, let these famous interior design quotes inspire you into action.
Best Home Decorating and Interior Design Quotes
“Have nothing in your house you don’t know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris
“Be faithful to your own taste because nothing you really like is ever out of style.” – Billy Baldwin
“The best rooms have something to say about the people who live in them.” – David Hicks
“The details are not the details. They make the design.” – Charles Eames
“Rooms should be timeless.” – Sister Parish
“Be intentional with your space. Don’t be afraid to step on a limb and design your home the way you love it.” – Joanna Gaines
“I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.” – Dorothy Draper
“There’s an art to occupying a house. The atmosphere should reflect your personality, character, emotions. Above all, it should make you happy. This process takes time.” – Axel Vervoordt
“I believe your home tells a story about who you are and who you aspire to be.” – Nate Berkus
“Think like a photographer. Look at every vignette in your home like its being shot for a shelter magazine and style accordingly.” – Jonathan Adler
“I’m going to make everything around me beautiful – that will be my life.” Elsie de Wolfe
“You create your own decoration. You choose your color, you choose your mood…If you are depressed, you put some bright yellow, and suddenly you are happy.” – Phillipe Starck
“By acquiring all your furniture from different eras and places and things that are expensive and inexpensive, it will make your end product have great spirit.” – Kelly Wearstler
“Add life: people, plants, and pets are the souls of the home.” – Justina Blakeney
“Luxury must be comfortable otherwise, it is not luxury.” – Coco Chanel
“Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
“If no one hates it, no one really loves it.” – Jessica Walsh
“Lighting is a good way to change the look of a space without spending much.” – Bobby Berk
“I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.” – Albert Hadley
“Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.” – Robert L. Peters
“Nothing grows old faster than the new.” – Marcel Wanders
“The only real freedom we have left is the home. Only there can we express anything we want.” – William Haines
“Style is to see beauty in modesty.” – Andreee Putman
“One should never be the oldest thing in one’s house.” – Patsy Stone
“The most beautiful things are always simple.” – Martha Stewart