Quotes by Elsie De Wolfe

"I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life."
— Elsie De Wolfe
"Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you."
— Elsie De Wolfe
"I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive."
— Elsie De Wolfe
Elsie De Wolfe

Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl (née Ella Anderson de Wolfe; December 20, c. 1859 – July 12, 1950) was an American actress who became a prominent interior designer and author. Born in New York City, de Wol...