Ornate Quotes

The worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence in our English, I mean Master Geoffrey Chaucer. - William Caxton

Some are more ornate, decorative, with engravings or tri-colored gold, just a little bit of color. - Marilyn Oliveira

She chose a regency theme. The suite is part of the Edwardian building so it's really very ornate -- large rooms, high ceilings, plaster work. - David Broadhead

People are entangled in the enjoyment of fine clothes, but gold and silver are only dust. They acquire beautiful horses and elephants, and ornate carriages of many kinds. They think of nothing else, and they forget all their relatives. They ignore their Creator; without the Name, they are impure. - Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity. - Christian Nestell Bovee

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style. - Rick Moody

It's something that has always been there, within me. My great-grandfather used to decorate his letters home from the First World War with ornate drawings, so maybe I inherited something from him. I stayed on at school and got art A-Level. It was just something I enjoyed doing, though it wasn't high on my list of potential careers. I was sports-orientated and I saw myself possibly being a PE teacher. - Jody Craddock

I would like a person to look rich, to look successful but not be overly ornate. I want to leave room for the everyday guy to upgrade. - Todd Smith

I wanted to celebrate the movies and to include great movie houses and screens. So Roy went back to the classic ornate movie houses for his inspiration, which, I think, is superbly reflected in the final design. - Gil Cates