Sarah Susanka quotes

“A Not So Big House feels more spacious than many of its oversized neighbors because it is space with substance, all of it in use every day.”
-- Sarah Susanka

Source : Sarah Susanka, Grey Crawford (2002). “Creating the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home”, p.9, Taunton Press

#Space Quotes #House Quotes #Substance Quotes

“Once you make the unequivocal internal commitment to do something - when you absolutely know this is the time and the place to act - the world around you will shift in all sorts of apparently miraculous ways to make it happen.”
-- Sarah Susanka

#Determination Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Way Quotes

“The only way to change the world is to change yourself.”
-- Sarah Susanka

Source : Sarah Susanka (2007). “The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters”, p.38, Random House

#Way Quotes #World Quotes #Changing The World Quotes

“With all the challenges in the housing market, it's clear we need a new vision for the way we design our homes, our communities-and even our lives.”
-- Sarah Susanka

#Home Quotes #Design Quotes #Community Quotes

“James Hardie(R) siding is a sustainable and marvelous substitute for wood. It's available pre-colored and the finish truly looks like high-grade wood siding. I've used this product line for years, and have been delighted with the results. It's the only product I will consider substituting for wood, and in many climates it's significantly preferable because of its stability.”
-- Sarah Susanka

#Years Quotes #Looks Quotes #Lines Quotes

“One of the most basic human instincts is the need to decorate. Nothing is exempt - the body, the objects one uses, from intimate to monumental, and all personal and ceremonial space. It is an instinct that responds ... to some deep inner urge that has been variously described as the horror of a vacuum and the need to put one's imprint on at least one small segment of the world.”

Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (1986). “ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?”, Random House

“I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.”

“I sing around the house, in the shower”

“She frowned."You're not very friendly." I let out a short laugh."What?I'm not friendly to a ghost who floats into my house and starts touching me?Well,excuse my rudeness but this is a little disturbing.”

“The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.”

“The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.”

“It’s the glitches and twists, I thought, that make this universe unique and compelling. Without flaws, there would be no depth, no substance.”

“Beer is sacred business, a mood-altering food substance that may have preserved the human species. To drink beer is to be human.”

“Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.”

“I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.”

Source : "LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug?". www.wired.com. January 16, 2006.