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

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 people - and quite another to be a faddist, by which I mean someone who tries to conjure a totally foreign aesthetic in a misplaced environment.

Nothing comes cheap, though the educated eye will always spot very nice things for the least money.

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

We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building a collection requires a strong constitution and the ability to resist.

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.

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.