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

Beige is atmosphere. It's bisque, it's ivory, it's cream, it's stone, it's toast, it's cappuccino. It;s well, it's magic.

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.

Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality of life, a beauty that nourishes the soul.

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

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.

Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.

Nothing comes cheap, though the educated eye will always spot very nice things for the least money.

Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating.

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

Your unwillingness to change to my view point is purely on the justifiable basis that you have your own strongly held beliefs about important life issues.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

I live in a world where two truths coexist: where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand

Athletes try to get other athletes out and they should have no false starts.

Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.

Dreamers are not content with being mediocre.

It's about ladies, as usual. I'm telling the ladies I got the right temperature to keep them warm.

All this contains much that is obviously true, and much that is relevant; unfortunately, what is obviously true is not relevant, and what is relevant is not obviously true.