Quotes by Alexandra Stoddard

About Alexandra Stoddard:

Alexandra Stoddard is an author, well-known interior designer, and lifestyle philosopher. She is also the mother of two daughters, Alexandra (A. B. Stoddard.) and Brooke. Ms. Stoddard's published works (28 books as of April 2013) include Living a Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance, Order, Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Life; Choosing Happiness: Keys to a Joyful Life; Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Small Book About the Big Issues in Life; You Are Your Choices: 50 Ways to Live the Good Life; Happiness For Two: 75 Secrets for Finding More Joy Together; and Things Good Mothers Know: A Celebration. She is married to Peter Megargee Brown.
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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!

Alexandra Stoddard

Style really comes down to what makes you feel good.

Alexandra Stoddard

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.

Alexandra Stoddard

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

Alexandra Stoddard

We can raise our sights high when we're willing to break free from being conformists who live a conventional life simply because we are too afraid to express our uniqueness.

Alexandra Stoddard

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.

Alexandra Stoddard

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

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I have my clothes made in Hong Kong, but I love Shangai Tang in New York.

Alexandra Stoddard

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.

Alexandra Stoddard

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

Alexandra Stoddard

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.

Alexandra Stoddard

You can't be a resource for others unless you nourish yourself.

Alexandra Stoddard

Unused rooms are such bad feng shui, really bad energy.

Alexandra Stoddard

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

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

Alexandra Stoddard

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

Alexandra Stoddard

You're not going to be dreary on the inside if you're not dreary on the outside.

Alexandra Stoddard

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

Alexandra Stoddard

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

Alexandra Stoddard

Being a decorator allowed me to see what about people's environments made them happy. And what things they could do to have more light and color and joy in their daily lives.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameAlexandra Stoddard
  • CountryUnited States Of America