Quotes About Ambiance

En casa uno facilmente puede sentirse encerrado, agobiado por la falta de horizonte, por la excesiva familiaridad de las cosas. En el cafe se es a la vez sedentario y transeunte, y si uno tiene la suerte de ocupar una mesa junto al ventanal, la situacion es admirable, perfecta: uno es la estampa involuntaria del desconocido que mira la calle tras los cristales del cafe, y esa figura, ese anonimato, le concede una vision alejada y un poco novelesca de si mismo.

I didn't have a desk to write 'Red Queen' on, so I got a nice writing desk.

When I look at a Ralph Lauren store, it is not a store: it's an experience.

When you enter a Ralph Lauren store, it's almost cinematic, as though you're walking through someone's home.

I used to love a well-arranged room: the furniture, the fabric, the lighting.

There is nothing worse than bright lighting - it isn't flattering and makes the glamorous women want to leave.

In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.

I just love candles... the colour, the glow, the light.

Lighting is a good way to change the look of a place without spending much.

Decor sets the stage for any party, and it also gives a great indication to your guests as to how much effort you've put into hosting them within your home.

A room is not a room without natural light.

I have a bit of a lava lamp fetish. They are kind of hideous, but there is something so therapeutic about them.

curtains of Serena's apartment—often

There are some who go through life with a shadow hanging over them, particularly if they live in a building which has long wide awnings.

But the secret to success for any bathroom," Lizbet says to Jill, "isn't how it looks; it's how it makes the guest look.

It had been the quintessential autumn night, cool but not yet cold, the air smelling of wood smoke and leaves.

Now that was a dinner party, Marguerite thought. Beef tartare with capers on garlic croutons, moules marineres , and homemade frites , a chicory and endive salad with poached eggs and lardons , and crème caramel.

grey tint slipping round the edges of the shutters at the windows.

Baines came up behind him, a hulking form, breathing softly. He smelled of soap and wine and rosewater and lightly of fresh sweat.

I think about a Richard Avedon photo series, the kind of faces he gets of real people, which I find so captivating. Fellini was also great in filling his films with this ambiance, this environment, sometimes chaotic and carnival-like, but people's faces were always amazing.

Recording studios are interesting; a lot of people say - and I agree - that you should have a lot of wood in a recording studio. It gets a kind of a sweeter sound.

Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.

Your principal motive on a movie set is to get the film made, but on a Woody Allen set, there's an ulterior thing that goes on, which is, 'Did you have a conversation with Woody? How friendly have you been with him? Am I liked by him?'

You can't understand the words of Cocteau Twins songs, but their harmonies put you in a dreamlike state.