I'd like to do a lot of things - whether in design or architecture or business..

There is never only ONE of anything in nature..

Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes and nothin….

The argument from design is ultimately an appeal to miraculous causes, i.e., causes that do not, and cannot, occur in the natural course of events. T….

You have to have talent to design and to dress thousands of women or millions of women around the world. And you know very well, the only thing they ….

Life can't be cured, but it can be managed..

All the necessary elements of a room should not arrive on installation day. Room should always be left for the things we will acquire...the objects w….

Just as a picture is created by adding a dab of paint at a time, the best arrangements are created a step at a time, with pauses so you can step back….

Decorating is like math, a game of adding and subtracting..

All creative work begins by doing something with the hands. Creation is simply a problem and design is the way out..

I love every period in design history. Even the ugly ones..

Good design, like good painting, cooking, architecture or whatever you like, is a manifestation of the capacity of the human spirit to transcend its ….

Don’t be against things so much as for things..

There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has not impeded, and it is here that we can most clea….

Sales fixes everything..

Discern the vital few from the trivial Many..

To create great work, here's how you must spend your time: 1% Inspiration 9% Perspiration 90% Justification.

I always feel emotionally engaged in productions. If I ever get to the point where I don't feel emotionally engaged, maybe I should stop. You have to….

We are the future, and we hope to be rather than taking us back to a lot of the old ideas..

Practice design, Not Decoration: Don't just make pretty talking points. Instead, display information in a way that makes complex information clear..

One purpose of CRC cards [a design tool] is to fail early, to fail often, and to fail inexpensively. It is a lot cheaper to tear up a bunch of cards ….