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.
Interpretation
Decorating transcends aesthetics, focusing on enhancing life and enriching the soul.
The quote emphasizes that the essence of decorating lies not merely in creating visually appealing spaces for decoration's sake, but rather in fostering an environment that enhances oneβs life experience and nurtures the spirit. It suggests that true beauty in design should serve a deeper purpose, contributing to the emotional and spiritual well-being of individuals who inhabit those spaces.
In practice
A designer might use this quote during a home decor workshop to inspire participants to think beyond mere aesthetics.
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.
The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.
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.
Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful.
I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported.
The great thing about performance capture is you can go off, and then, without changing costume, you can become another character.
I think the way to be a writer is to experience things, certainly, and be open to things, but at some point to become dedicated to the craft of writing and to create a stable environment for that writing to occur in.
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching.
Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.
The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time.
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