You cannot make a modern apartment out of a traditional space.

So many people arrange furniture in order to see what's going on outside. But why? The view isn't going anywhere.

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.

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

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

Deep downy upholstery is absolutely what I've always been about.

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.