“Design is a matter of balancing different needs and outlooks – practical and aesthetic, masculine and feminine, designer and client, dream and reality.” - Alexis Hampton
“Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes, and nothing is off-key.” - Charlotte Moss
“A room should never allow the eye to settle in one place. It should smile at you and create fantasy.” - Juan Mantoya
“Always scale up and not down. Everyone is so terrified of making things too big – if in doubt, make it bigger, not smaller.” - Robert Banks-Pye
“I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.” - Dorothy Draper
“I don’t believe in doing any one style or period. Decorating is like a jigsaw puzzle.” - Martyn Lawrence-Bullard
“Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” - William Morris
