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

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

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

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 one thing I never get involved with is selecting art or pictures for a client. This is a very personal thing. If the clients have pictures, I will hang them. When they do not own pictures I leave the walls blank.

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

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