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

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

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.

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.

Life is all about manners. Nothing else matters.

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.

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