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

Flair-a primitive kind of style-may be innate, but I think knowledgeable taste is learned, the result of travel, experience, living, education.

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.

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

Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality of life, a beauty that nourishes the soul.

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

I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.