25 Quotes by Dorothy Draper

I believe in doing the thing you feel is right. If it looks right, it is right.

Never look back, except for an occasional glance, look ahead and plan for the future. Success is not built on past laurels, but rather on a continuous activity. Keep busy searching out new ideas and, experimentally, keep ahead of the times, or at least up with them.

Too much of anything is the beginning of a mess.

I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.

You don’t sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people’s hearts, not their minds.

You can never judge a paint hue by the liquid color in the paint pot. You must apply it to a wall, wait for the paint to dry, then decide.

Of all the rooms in the house your bedroom is yours.

The finest thing about a hobby is that you can’t do any pretending about it. You either like it or you don’t.

You don’t have to know anything about a subject as long as you use common sense and imagination, plus enthusiasm! I use all periods of design in my work, for, after all, decorative styles are simply indications of a manner of living.