Anne McDonald famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

  • Delete, delete, delete and at the end find the ‘core aspect of the design’

  • No design works unless it embodies ideas that are held common by the people for whom the object is intended.

  • If you remember the shape of your spoon at lunch, it has to be the wrong shape. The spoon and the letter are tools; one to take food from the bowl, the other to take information off the page... When it is a good design, the reader has to feel comfortable because the letter is both banal and beautiful.

  • I love to decorate a room - from the furniture to the objects to the books.

  • Love is the way I feel for you, the way you fill something inside me whenever you so much as walk into the same room. Sometimes love is quite, lingering in the background until you least expect it. But love it always there for you

  • To create an interior, the designer must develop an overall concept and stick to it.

  • Perfectionism is the death of a great room.

  • Simplicity, suitability and proportion.

  • Good design is forever.

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