Life is all about manners. Nothing else matters..

A good decorator not only plans and schemes, but he also knows how the job is done..

An interior designer must be able to clarify his intent keeping ever in mind that decorating is not a look, it's a point of view..

A decorator, no matter how talented, can't always get the desired results because sometimes there is resistance or maybe a lack of understanding on t….

After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement..

A lot of people worry about the ' wear and tear ' on furnishings. I feel it's more a matter of people treating the things that surround them with….

....the designer must be able to see - make a concentrated effort to absorb the essence of the project. Seeing is a very difficult thing to do. Most ….

Decorating is not a look, it's a point of view..

So many young decorators are trying to reinvent the wheel, and the results are sometimes very dubious. They're striving to do things that have never ….

Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful..

Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality of life, a b….

Decorators should always remember that letting a client see too many beautiful things is a pitfall..

Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important..

Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating..

Flair-a primitive kind of style-may be innate, but I think knowledgeable taste is learned, the result of travel, experience, living, education..

Beige is atmosphere. It's bisque, it's ivory, it's cream, it's stone, it's toast, it's cappuccino. It;s well, it's magic..

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, m….

Flair is a primitive kind of style. It is innate and cannot be taught. It can be polished and refined. When a person has flair, a grounding in the pr….

Too much of what passes for design now is theater. It's one thing to be eccentric- and by the way, most eccentrics tend to be rather well-educated pe….

I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives..

Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for show but to nourish one’s we….