Robert Denning Quotes

Robert Denning was an American interior designer whose lush interpretations of French Victorian decor became an emblem of corporate raider tastes in the 1980s. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. March 1927 – 26. August 2005
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Famous Robert Denning Quotes

“Cooking is like decorating — it never bores me.”

"Denning's Pot-au-Feu – A decorator indulges his passion for cuisine bourgeoise", by Suzanne Hart, House & Garden, March 1992

“No white anything (except sheets).”

Patricia Volk, " The Sweet Smell of Excess http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/style/tmagazine/08texcess.html", The New York Times (October 8, 2006; retrieved October 4, 2007).

“Appearance is everything. I find that a view is secondary. Even in those apartments on the East River, it's dull, looking out at those little boats.”

Cynthia Zarin, , "The More the Merrier — Robert Denning's Extravagance of Color and Pattern", Architectural Digest (April 2002), v. 59 #4, pp. 146-152.

“I'll be dragged from the last room I do, screaming, 'More!”

Cynthia Zarin, , "The More the Merrier — Robert Denning's Extravagance of Color and Pattern", Architectural Digest (April 2002), v. 59 #4, pp. 146-152.

“We were about ways to show money.”

Patricia Volk, " The Sweet Smell of Excess http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/style/tmagazine/08texcess.html", The New York Times (October 8, 2006; retrieved October 4, 2007).

“I don't like bare floors.”

Cynthia Zarin, , "The More the Merrier — Robert Denning's Extravagance of Color and Pattern", Architectural Digest (April 2002), v. 59 #4, pp. 146-152.

Robert Denning Quotes

“Never put sofas against wall.”

Patricia Volk, " The Sweet Smell of Excess http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/style/tmagazine/08texcess.html", The New York Times (October 8, 2006; retrieved October 4, 2007).

“Having people be impressed with a house is not a compliment. You don't want them to say, 'What a place!' You want them to sit down and enjoy it.”

Suzanne Stephens, "Florida Renaissance — Italianate Splendors Enrich A Villa in Naples", Architectural Digest, October 2000, v. 57 #10, pp. 284-298.

“I'll accept commissions from anyone who isn't frightened by my proposals.”

The AD100 Architectural Digest (January 2000), v. 57 #1, p. 48.

“Texture and pattern should function as a surprise.”

Patricia Volk, " The Sweet Smell of Excess http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/style/tmagazine/08texcess.html", The New York Times (October 8, 2006; retrieved October 4, 2007).

“Everything is really about lighting.”

Cynthia Zarin, , "The More the Merrier — Robert Denning's Extravagance of Color and Pattern", Architectural Digest (April 2002), v. 59 #4, pp. 146-152.

“Find the ideal in something not ideal.”

House & Garden (July 1991), p. 120.

“A la Rothschild, a style I define as many good things used irreverently.”

Aileen Mehle, "Manhattan Grand Luxe — Richly Appointed Rooms For Collectors", Architectural Digest (September 1994), v. 51 #9, pp. 126-176.

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