Alexandra Stoddard

Author

48 Quotes

We have to establish time boundaries and learn how to say no.

Style really comes down to what makes you feel good.

We can live closer to our dreams if we are willing to dream them. And we can create a life as we want it to be.

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

Our home, just like our garden, evolves. We experiment, try out different things and new colors until we feel content. Try to keep the metaphor of home as garden in your consciousness.

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.

When I was little, I got to pick my hair ribbon from my mother's collection that hung over her dressing-table mirror. I have an entire room of ribbons in my New York apartment.

Your past is something you cannot change. You can't live it; it's dead.

Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy my daughters bring me.

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.

I want to inspire through example. I hope my books motivate others to open doors and windows that will help them to embrace their own truth, light and joy.

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

When I'm the happiest, my desk is not neat. It has lots of pens and the books I love. It gets messy when I'm in the flow. So many houses are so neat.

I get all dressed up in fuchsia, looking like a clown, and show pretty pictures to people.

I'm an interior designer from the soul. It's not about just putting things in a room. It's much deeper and broader. It's about self-discovery.

Put a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful.

I think of myself as the little girl Renoir painted with the watering can. I loved the garden colors.

Don't feel you have to buy something to sit in or at. Buy something you are emotionally attached to and build your design around that. One Matisse cutout poster could provide you with your whole color scheme!

If we have authentic, honest, earthy materials in our houses, we'll be more authentic, honest and natural.

My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth.

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