The worst thing any decorator can do is give a client the feeling that he's walking around somebody else's house; the rooms must belong to the owner, not to the decorator; and no rooms can have atmosphere unless they are used and lived in.

  • -- William Baldwin 威廉·鲍德温

任何装潢师所能做的最糟糕的事情,就是让客户觉得他在绕着别人的房子走;这些房间必须属于主人,而不是装饰师;没有房间可以有气氛,除非他们被使用和居住。

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The spirals of the helix should be as nearly approximated as possible, as each aids by its heat that of its neighbour, or rather diminishes the cooling effect of the gaseous atmosphere.

螺旋的螺旋应该尽可能地接近,因为每一个螺旋都通过它周围的热量来辅助,或者更确切地说,应该减少气体大气的冷却效果。

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper whether little or great, it belongs to Literature.

这个东西,多年来不断地考问人们的思想,最后终于被正确地写在纸上,不管大小,它属于文学。

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

你不能只问顾客要什么,然后想法子给他们做什么。当你把它建好时,他们会想要一些新的东西。

When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

当你在写小说的时候,至少我的写作方式是从我所说的“情感氛围”到氛围。

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.

我认为,未来也不会属于那些愤世嫉俗的人,也不会属于那些袖手旁观的人。

I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.

我想成为一名室内设计师。我想做室内设计,自己做所有的事情。

A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes.

一个客户在他的律师和顾问之间徘徊,就像一只鹅在两只狐狸之间徘徊一样。