I believe that the essence of good design is its ability to sustain long term integrity, to become classic and create a truly captivating home.

The perfect antidote to dark, cold and creepy is light, warm and cozy.

I firmly believe that if your environment works for you and your family, it translates into a better life.

One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.

Paint goes a long way in making old look like new.

Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.

I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.

Clients usually come to me when they want to update the look of an existing room.

Great French design is often about unexpected touches.

It's great to design a beautiful, modern, sleek home like you'd see in a magazine. But if it doesn't suit your lifestyle, it's really wasted.

What matters is not how many miles you run… What matters is whether you are having Fun! -RVM

We come back to the same people to learn something about how we have changed. We want to be assured that we have changed. We so want our pictures to paint differently than they do.

You are the most influential person in your life. You can embrace your strengths or give away your power. The choice is yours.

Songs are usually unfit for whistling - indeed, whistling (except to the person doing it) is unbearable.

We are powerful because we have survived

With a kiss you can strip me defenseless.

Since photography gives us every guarantee of exactitude that we could desire (they really believe that, the mad fools !), then photography and art are the same thing.

I'm trying to understand my life. The one that I've experienced.

The best way to find out if you have any friends is to go broke. The ones that hang on longest are your friends. I don't mean the ones that hang on forever. There aren't any of those.

This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent most of your time here being mediocre.