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.

Life is all about manners. Nothing else matters.

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

Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful.

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

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.

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