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 principle of design, and self-discipline, that person has the potential of being an outstanding designer.

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.

To create an interior, the designer must develop an overall concept and stick to it.

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.

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

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 been done before. Quite often it is done without authority, without knowledge, and without a background in taste. They need to be educated about the past, and they need a richer vocabulary.