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

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.

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

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

I have always believed that the more educated the clients are, the easier they are to work with. Clients with a knowledge of decorating, and an ability to articulate what they want from the finished project, make the designer's job easier.

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.

Decorators should always remember that letting a client see too many beautiful things is a pitfall.