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

Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best.

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, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what's in or what's out. This is not an easy job.

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 wellbeing.

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.

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

Design is about discipline and reality, not about fantasy beyond reality.