I think everyone must have a first memory of some house, some room, a vivid picture that will remain deep down in one forever.

Behind every attractive room there should be a very good reason.

Innovation is often the ability to reach into the past and bring back what is good, what is beautiful, what is useful, what is lasting.

It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister.

I think everyone must have a first memory of some house, some room, a vivid picture that will remain deep down in one forever.

You can never achieve anything in a house unless you have things that have been passed down and you find a place for them for yourself.

Rooms should be timeless.