83 Quotes by Alexandra Stoddard

You can sometimes avoid costly mistakes. Paint a corner of the room a certain color to see how the light affects it. Or buy just one yard of an expensive fabric to see how you like it in your room.

My mantra is: Let there be happiness in my soul, and let me share it with the world.

I love people and care about them, and I felt I had a gift to cheer people up. If I could get into their homes and make their environment more attractive, they'll be happier, and it would be very rewarding for me.

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.

The home is the center of your soul; it's a total reflection of your inner life. If you have a dreary home, it means you are dark inside.

You learn to give up what's not working and surround yourself with things you love - not what's correct or proper.

A home should be an intimate autobiography of the things that you like. One of the things I'm so keen on expressing is that, if you don't do it for yourself, if you're always seeking affirmation from outside, you'll never have a home. It'll just be a house.

Colors are important. People are in clinical depression whether they are on medication or not. Neutrals are another form of medication.

I feel very strongly we are spiritual beings in a physical body, and we should make our surroundings as beautiful and soulful as possible.