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To get married and have a family, is to grow up and mature. It's the only way. You can read philosophy books for a hundred years, but if you don't get married and have a family you will never get it. They soften you and shape you, mature you. Absolutely.

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Scale is of prime importance and I think that oversized scale is better than undersized scale.

Design, Prime, Scale, Thinking, Undersized
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Even if it's not a style of architecture or period you like, a decorator has to have a feel for a house's personality and try not to fight against it. I like to get the juice out of a house and not spoil it.

Design, Fight, Fighting, House, Like, Period

If every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.

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In restoring a house one must first realize its period, feel its personality and try to bring out its good points.

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Crossing too many t's and dotting too many i's makes a room look overdone and tiresome. One should create something that fires the imagination without overemphasis.

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I never think that sticking slavishly to one period is successful, a touch of nostalgia adds charm. One needs light and shade because if every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.

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