"The placing of a desk, or a bed, or the choice of a chintz may prove more revealing [of a person] than a documented study."
So observed British writer Lesley Blanch (1904-2007) in Pavilions of the Heart: The Four Walls of Love (Putnam, 1974).
30 November 2011
Well Said: Lesley Blanch
"The placing of a desk, or a bed, or the choice of a chintz may prove more revealing [of a person] than a documented study."
So observed British writer Lesley Blanch (1904-2007) in Pavilions of the Heart: The Four Walls of Love (Putnam, 1974).
28 November 2011
Well Said: Nancy Mitford
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| The Hon. Nancy Freeman-Mitford, 1935, in a photograph by Bassano. |
"Good clothes are a matter of health."
So said Nancy Mitford (1904—1973), British author and Christian Dior devotée.