“The basic rules of proportion and scale are unchanging. They are reinterpreted according to the needs of the time. I like simplicity and I believe in restraint. Above all, there should be harmony – of proportion, line, color and feeling. The most important element in decorating is the relationship between objects – in size, form, texture, color and meaning. None of these is in good taste in itself but only in relationship to where it has been placed and what purpose it is to serve.”

Eleanor McMillen Brown